C7AY - Urge Adap Funding and Eligibility

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO MAINTAIN CURRENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE’S AIDS DRUG ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ADAP); URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE STATE’S ADAP IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND PROGRAM BENEFITS AT EXISTING LEVELS; URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM TO BE ALLOCATED FOR STATE-ADMINISTERED AIDS DRUG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN LIGHT OF RISING HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT THIS RESOLUTION TO GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, THE SURGEON GENERAL/SECRETARY OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH’S ADAP OFFICE, SENATE PRESIDENT BEN ALBRITTON, HOUSE SPEAKER DANIEL PEREZ, AND THE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI-DADE STATE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION; AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY’S LOBBYISTS TO ADD THE REQUESTS CONTAINED IN THIS RESOLUTION TO THE CITY’S LIST OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.