Persons Reported to be living with HIV infection and with AIDS reported
Year Adults/Adolescents Children Under 13 Years old Total Cumulative Totals
  HIV AIDS HIV AIDS HIV AIDS Adults / Adolescents Children Under 13 Years old Total
2000 Confidential 441 Confidential 5 Confidential 446 441 5 446
2001

Confidential

482

 Confidential 4 Confidential 486 482 4 486
2002 Confidential 488 Confidential 4 Confidential 492 488 4 492
                   

 

HIV Infection Cases  from areas with confidential HIV infection reporting
Year   Cumulative Totals
    Adults / Adolescents Children Under 13 Years old Total
2000 Confidential Confidential Confidential Confidential
2001 Confidential Confidential Confidential Confidential
2002 Confidential Confidential Confidential Confidential
         

 

Adult/Adolescent HIV infection and AIDS cases reported in the United States
Year Males Females
  HIV AIDS HIV AIDS
2000 Confidential 33 Confidential 7
2001 Confidential 37 Confidential 11
         

 

New Pediatric AIDS cases reported

Year
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
   
 

Cumulative AIDS Cases

Cumulative Number of AIDS Cases, Reported through 2002 1,032
Cumulative Number of Adult/Adolescent AIDS Cases, Reported through 2002 1,023
Cumulative Number of AIDS Cases in Children <13, Reported through 2002 9

Distribution of Cumulative Adult/Adolescent AIDS Cases by Gender, Reported through June 2002
  ME USA
Men 898 680,909
Women 116 146,298
Total 1,014 827,208

 

New AIDS Cases

New AIDS Cases, Reported through 2002 28
New Adult/Adolescent AIDS Cases, Reported in 2001 48
New AIDS Cases in Children <13, Reported through December 2001 0

Distribution of New Adult/Adolescent AIDS Cases by Gender, Reported through June 2000
  Maine USA
Men 37 31,901
Women 11 11,082
Total 48 42,983

 

Persons Living with AIDS

Estimated Number of Persons Living with AIDS at the End of 2002 492
Estimated Number of Adults/Adolescents Living with AIDS at the End of 2002 488
Estimated Number of Children Living with AIDS at the End of 2002 4
HIV Infection Cases Reported in 2002 Confidential

 

Total Deaths Reported through 2000, due to AIDS = 593
HIV Reporting Requirements ?   Yes, Name to Code Based.
 
HIV Testing Options?  Anonymous and Confidential testing
Definitions: Anonymous test: Individual does NOT use their name, and a name is not associated with test result. Anonymous tests are offered at anonymous testing centers, available in many, but not all, states.
Confidential test: Individual DOES use their name. If test is positive, individual's name will be known to their health care provider and, potentially, to other health care professionals and, in some cases, your state's Department of Health.
 
HIV Testing for Mothers and Newborns
Voluntary or Mandatory Testing?  Voluntary HIV testing; no specific law. State follows CDC guidelines; No specific law or language on testing for mothers and newborns.
Voluntary HIV Testing: All states and the District of Columbia have certified to the CDC that they have measures in place to implement the CDC's 1995 recommendations on HIV counseling and testing of pregnant women.  The CDC's 1995 recommendations state that HIV testing of pregnant women and infants should be voluntary and providers must obtain informed consent for testing as required by their state laws.  Voluntary testing is noted if the state follows the CDC guidelines but does not have specific guidelines for testing of mothers and newborns.
 
Status of State Medicaid Expansion Efforts for People with HIV
Approved 1115 Waiver, TWWIIA demonstration? Yes, State has an operational 1115 Waiver that expands Medicaid eligibility for people with HIV.
Definitions: 1115 Waivers: Section 1115 of the Social Security Act authorizes the executive branch of the Federal government to waive the statutory and regulatory provisions of the Medicaid program. States have used "1115 waivers" to make changes in eligibility, benefits, and other areas of their Medicaid programs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS--formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration) and several states have been analyzing the implications of expanding Medicaid eligibility to people with HIV prior to disability through the use of Section 1115 waivers of the Social Security Act. To use 1115 waivers, states face several challenges, particularly the need to demonstrate "budget neutrality" to the Medicaid program - that the costs of an expansion over a designated period of time (usually 5 years) would not exceed the costs to Medicaid in the absence of the expansion.
Ticket to Work/Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999: TWWIIA expanded State options under Medicaid by creating new Medicaid buy-in options for working individuals with disabilities and extended Medicare cover-age for working individuals with disabilities. The Act also authorized state demonstration programs to provide Medicaid to workers with potentially severe disabilities, including HIV/AIDS, who are not yet disabled but whose health conditions could be expected to cause disability.
Notes: Most people with HIV who qualify for Medicaid do so by meeting the program’s income and disability standards once their illness has already progressed. Many low income people with HIV may be faced with of having their eligibility postponed until they become disabled, even though there are therapies available that may prevent disability and national treatment guidelines recommend access to early treatment. 1115 Waivers and TWWIIA demonstrations are two ways in which states have sought to address this limitation.

 
Sterile Syringe Exchange Programs?  Yes, State statute explicitly authorizes syringe exchange.
Notes: U.S. totals include data from the United States (50 states and the District of Columbia), and from U.S. dependencies, possessions, and independent nations in free association with the United States.
Definitions: Programs in operation: includes both state-sanctioned syringe exchange programs and non-sanctioned programs. Because their operation may not necessarily be authorized, it is difficult to account for an exact number of syringe exchange programs operation across the country; therefore, the list may not be comprehensive.
 
STD/HIV/AIDS Education Requirement?  Yes, Must stress abstinence and cover contraception.
 
Minors' Right to Consent to HIV/STD Services?  Yes. Physician may notify parents.
 

 

Total Ryan White Funding, FY2000   $1,466,019 FY2002  $1,985,769

 

CDC HIV Prevention Funding for States
 FY2001 $1,684,606

 FY2003   $1,729,876

 

Total Federal and State Funding for ADAP, FY2001  $725,090

Definitions: ADAPs: AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), authorized under Title II of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, provide HIV-related prescription drugs to underinsured and uninsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Each state or territory administers its own ADAP.

 

AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs)
Source Kaiser Family Foundation

Total ADAP Clients Served, June 2002  
  ME
#		 US
#
   83 80,035

 
ADAP Clients Served by Sex, June 2002  
  ME
#		 ME
%		 US
#		 US
%
  Male 72 87 62,034 78
  Female 9 11 16,702 21
  Total 83 100 79,531 100

 
ADAP Clients Served by Race/Ethnicity, June 2002  
  ME
#		 ME
%		 US
#		 US
%
  White 76 91 29,426 37
  Black 3 4 26,245 33
  Hispanic 4 5 19,883 25
  Asian/Pacific Islander 0 0 795 1
  American Indian/Alaskan Native 0 0 795 1
  Other 0 0 795 1
  Total 83 100 79,531 100

 
ADAP Clients Served by Age, June 2002  
  ME
#		 ME
%		 US
#		 US
%
  <13 years old 1 1 795 1
  13-19 years old 51 62 0 1 0 1
  20-44 years old 31 37 50,105 63
  >44 years old 0 0 27,836 35
  Total 83 100 79,531 100

 
ADAP Clients Served by Income, June 2002  
  ME
#		 ME
%		 US
#		 US
%
  <100% FPL 33 40 38,175 48
  101-200% FPL 50 60 26,245 33
  201-300% FPL 0 0 8,748 11
  301-400% FPL 0 0 3,181 4
  >400% FPL 0 0 1,591 2
  Total 83 100 79,531 100

 
Insurance Coverage of ADAP Clients, June 2002  
  ME
#		 ME
%		 US
#		 US
%
  Medicaid 4 5 0 10
  Medicare 8 10 0 6
  Private 2 3 0 13

  
National ADAP Budget, Total Federal and State Sources, FY 2002  
  ME
$		 US
$
   782,278 878,610,754

 
National ADAP Budget by Source, FY 2002  
  ME
$		 ME
%		 US
$		 US
%
  ADAP Earmark 722,229 92 619,830,000 71
  Title II Base 0 0 28,886,192 3
  State 60,049 8 160,385,979 18
  Title I 0 0 19,736,619 2
  Other Federal 0 0 30,941,439 4
  ADAP Supplemental Grants 0 0 19,170,000 2
  Total 782,278 100 878,610,754 100

 
Total ADAP Drug Expenditures, June 2002  
  ME
$		 US
$
   86,773 70,705,142

 
ADAP Drug Expenditures by Drug Class, June 2002  
  ME
$		 ME
%		 US
$		 US
%
  Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors 52,752 61 31,486,146 49
  non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors 15,826 18 7,940,575 12
  Protease Inhibitors 12,249 14 16,433,502 25
  Opportunistic Infections/Other 5,946 7 9,015,329 14
  Total 86,773 100 64,875,793 100

 
Total ADAP Prescriptions Filled, June 2002  
  ME
#		 US
#
   260 257,279

 
ADAP Prescriptions Filled by Drug Class, June 2002  
  ME
#		 ME
%		 US
#		 US
%
  Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors 132 51 83,166 36
  non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors 47 18 23,933 10
  Protease Inhibitors 19 7 33,813 15
  Opportunistic Infections/Other 62 24 87,746 38
  Total 260 100 228,771 100

 
Federal ADAP Funds Used for Insurance Purchasing/Maintenance, FY 2002  
  ME
$		 US
$
   5,000 18,486,544

 
ADAP Formularies, Number of Medications by Drug Class, 2002  
  ME
#		 US
#
  Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors 9 NA
  Protease Inhibitors Covered 6 NA
  Non-nucleosides Covered 3 NA
  OI Prophylaxis Covered 14 NA
  Other Medications Covered 6 NA
  Total 38 NA

 
ADAP Emergency Cost Containment Measures, February 2003  
  ME
 		 US
 
  Has ADAP Emergency Cost Containment Measures in Place No 16 Yes
  Notes    

Maine AIDS Hotline
In Maine: (800) 851-2437

AIDS Teen Hotline: 1-800-234-TEEN

AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS): 1-800-HIV-0440

AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS): 1-800-TRIALS-A (1-800-874-2572)

 

HIV/AIDS Resources

AIDS Lodging House:

142 High Street, Suite 623, Portland, 04101, Mission: To provide safe, affordable housing and support services to men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS. Contact: Mary Johnson, 207-773-7165

Center for Disease Control's National AIDS Clearinghouse:

 1-800-458-5231

Eastern Maine AIDS Network:

 The Eastern Maine AIDS Network is a private, not for profit, community based organization dedicated through direct service and education to creating a compassionate community for persons living with and affected by HIV and AIDS., P.O. Box 2038, Bangor, 04401 (mailing address). Fleet Center, 80 Exchange Street,  Bangor, e-mail: aidsntwk@aol.com, web: www.maineaidsnetwork.com/, 207-990-3626

The Maine AIDS Alliance:

39 Green Street, Augusta, 04330, The Maine AIDS Alliance (MAA) is a consortium of community based AIDS service organizations. Formed in 1988, the Alliance promotes cooperation, community building and resource sharing among thirteen member organizations serving communities throughout Maine, e-mail: meaids@mint.net, web: www.maineaids.qpg.com/, 207-21-2924, Fax: 207-622-2662

Merrymeeting AIDS Support Services:

 P.O. Box 57, Brunswick, 04011, Mission: To provide education to the community and support services to people with HIV/AIDS and their families. MASS strives to decrease social prejudice and dispel myths (so that those living with HIV/AIDS may be treated with compassion and respect through advocacy with truth, positive attitudes and facts). Opportunities: Buddy Program Volunteers to provide one-to-one emotional support to persons living with HIV/AIDS, 20 hr training provided, 1-5 hrs per week for 1 yr. a