Maryland House Bill 139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-16 - Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing the establishment of an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Site Program by a community-based organization to provide a place for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and provide certain other services; providing the Maryland Department of Health may approve no more than 6 programs to operate in a single location in an area of high incidence drug use; requiring each program to submit a certain report to certain legislative committees by December 1 of each year; etc.

Public Health – Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Site Program

Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]
Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]	Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Diana Fennell [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]
Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Adrienne Jones [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]
Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Carol Krimm [D]	Del. Stephen Lafferty [D]	Del. Jazz Lewis [D]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Maggie McIntosh [D]
Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Nick Mosby [D]	Del. Edith Patterson [D]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]
Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Jen Terrasa [D]
Del. Veronica Turner [D]	Sen. Alonzo Washington [D]	Del. Melissa Wells [D]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-16	House	Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
2019-02-04	House	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-04	House	Hearing canceled
2019-01-31	House	Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-01-21	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0139?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0139f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0009/hb0139.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0139_hgo.pdf