disparities. (12) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that increasing the proportion of people who know their HIV status is an essential component of comprehensive HIV treatment and prevention efforts and that early diagnosis is critical in order for people with HIV to receive life-extending therapy. Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend routine HIV screening in health care settings for all patients aged 13 to 64, regardless of risk. (13) In 1998, Congress created the National Minority AIDS Initiative to provide technical assistance, build capacity, and strengthen outreach efforts among local institutions and community-based organizations that serve racial and ethnic minorities living with or vulnerable to HIV. (14) To combat the HIV epidemic in the United States, the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (referred to in this section as NHAS ) provides a framework of increasing access to care, reducing new infections, and eliminating HIV-related health disparities. The vision of NHAS is The United States will become a place where new HIV infections are rare and when they do occur, every person, regardless of age, gender, race/ethnicity, gender identity, or socioeconomic circumstance, will have unfettered access to high quality, life-extending care, free from stigma and discrimination. . (15) In January 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services began implementing the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America . The initiative seeks to reduce the number of new HIV infections in the United States by 75 percent by 2025, and then by at least 90 percent by 2030, for an estimated 250,000 total HIV infection averted. (16) At present, many States and United States territories have criminal statutes based on exposure to HIV. Most of these laws were adopted before the availability of effective antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS. (17) Research shows that stable housing leads to better health outcomes for those living with HIV. Inadequate or unstable housing is not