A Nashville judge temporarily blocked Tennessee health officials from requiring immigration status checks of HIV-positive individuals enrolled in a healthcare safety-net program. Chancellor I’Ashea L. Myles issued the temporary restraining order late Wednesday. The order prevents the Tennessee Department of Health from moving forward with a demand that organizations revise their contracts to include immigration […]
In August, Tennessee organizations that aid low-income individuals living with HIV received a surprise memo from the state’s health department: “Effective immediately,” the memo said, “no patients without documentation of citizenship or legal residency may be newly enrolled” in many of the services provided through the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS program or a companion program […]
When Steve and Kelli Prevatte were first approached by their daughter, Anna, about the idea of her spending nine months abroad on missions, th…