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Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions

Sponsor: Melissa Wells (District 40)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 758 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Renaming the AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program to be the HIV Prevention Syringe Services Program; altering the duties of the Program to provide for the safe distribution of syringes and hypodermic needles and account for the number of hypodermic needles and syringes exchanged and distributed by the Baltimore City Health Department; altering the membership and duties of the Program's oversight committee; altering the immunity provided to Program staff and participants; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 17FavorableUNF 4Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWells, DelegateBALTIMORE CITY HOUSE DELEGATIONWritten (PDF)
FAVMartin, JenniferBaltimore CityOral
FAVMartin, JenniferBaltimore CityOral
FAVBertling, HeatherBaltimore City AdministrationWritten (PDF)
FAVArchie, AshleyBaltimore City DirectorateWritten (PDF)
FAVArchie, AshleyBaltimore City DirectorateWritten (PDF)
FAVRabbitt, DanBehavioral Health System BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVRosen-Cohen, NancyNCADD-MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVRosen-Cohen, NancyNCADD-MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVSantos, RafaelNatural History Society of MarylandPosition only
FAVDelegate Wells, Delegate WellslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Wells, Delegate WellslegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVJasen, DebiIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKrone, ChristinelobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKrone, ChristinelobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFEdwards, RichardIndividualPosition only
UNFGross, KennethIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
UNFRosa, RichardIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKrone, ChristineRegistered for: American Coatings Association; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; City of Rockville; Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, The, LLC (dba The Coordinating Center); Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.; LifeSpan Network
FAVKrone, ChristineRegistered for: American Coatings Association; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; City of Rockville; Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, The, LLC (dba The Coordinating Center); Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.; LifeSpan Network