On April 12, 2000, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions unanimously approved the "Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000" (S.2311), which would reauthorize and modify the Ryan White CARE Act. The current CARE Act expires on September 30, 2000. S.2311, which extends authorization for the CARE Act through 2005, guarantees that no eligible metropolitan area (EMA) would receive less in a fiscal year than 98% of the funding it received in the previous fiscal year; has new guidelines for the Planning Councils to follow when deciding how to allocate funds within their EMAs; requires that support services funded through the Act be related to health care; requires that states determine the size and demographic characteristics of the population with HIV disease to be served, taking into account the needs of individuals who are not receiving care, based on epidemiological measures developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; creates supplemental grants for areas that are not within EMAs and treatment grants to help states provide access to therapeutics for individuals below 200% of the Federal poverty line; and contains other reforms. Congress is expected to pass a final version of S.2311 before the CARE Act expires later this year.