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Committee hears bill to define and authorize harm‑reduction activities, add law‑enforcement consultation and a statewide doorway program
Summary
House Bill 73 would create statutory definitions and guardrails for harm reduction (recast as reduction of societal and individual harm), add law‑enforcement representation and consultation requirements, and codify the Doorways program and other substance‑use access points.
Representative David Nagel, a physician and the bill’s sponsor in the House, described House Bill 73 as a framework to give statutory definition and legislative oversight to policies the governor’s commission and federal agencies call harm reduction. Nagel said the bill was written to create common terminology so the state can align with federal grant programs and ensure consistent implementation across agencies.
The bill replaces the term “harm reduction” in most places with “reduction of societal and individual harm,” language Representative Jess Edwards and others helped craft to balance individual life‑saving…
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