The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 (RWTEA) requires that Planning Council membership include:

§  Representatives of certain professions, communities and government bodies;

§  Demographics that are similar to the local HIV/AIDS epidemic; and

§  At least 33% unaffiliated consumers*.

*   An unaffiliated consumer is a person living with HIV/AIDS (or the parent/guardian of an HIV-positive child) who does not work for an agency that receives funding through RWTEA Part A/B.