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Lawmakers press health department oversight of syringe disposal during H.218 amendment review
Summary
State representatives and counsel discussed adding language on syringe service programs and safe syringe disposal to H.218 (opioid abatement settlement funds), reviewed existing law (Act 22), and agreed to include the Health Department in future oversight rather than adopt an immediate amendment.
Members of a House legislative committee discussed adding language on syringe service programs and safe syringe disposal to H.218, the bill governing uses of opioid abatement settlement funds, during a pre-floor meeting; committee counsel said the amendment would expand authorized services, and legislators said they will pursue oversight with the Health Department rather than press an immediate change.
Katie MacLenn, Office of Legislative Counsel, told the committee that the proposed amendment would add a subdivision to H.218 “expanding syringe service programs, specifically providing comprehensive syringe services programs with more wraparound services, including linkages to opioid use disorder treatment, access to sterile syringes, safe syringe disposal, and linkages to care and treatment of infectious diseases.”
Representative Candace Swate, who said she lives…
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