Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Victim
Date Enacted:
Thursday, November 12, 1998
Short Title:
"Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998"
Classification:
42 USC 300c-22 (note)
PL:
105-369
Statute At Large:
112 Stat 3368
Named For?:
Ricky Ray was one of three brothers, all with hemophilia, all of whom contracted HIV from contaminated blood. The family became advoactes for AIDS victims. Ricky Ray died of AIDS in 1992 at age 15.
Link/Source:
CR H3379, May 19, 1998, Statement of Rep. Porter Goss.
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title; creating Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund