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Council committee votes to advance resolution urging naloxone placement alongside AEDs in public buildings
Summary
The Public Health and Environment Committee voted 5–0 to advance Resolution 25-0005R, which urges implementation of state law to place naloxone with AEDs in designated public buildings. The committee also agreed to form a working group to identify interim local sites for naloxone placement ahead of statewide distribution.
Baltimore City Councilwoman Felicia Porter, chair of the Public Health and Environment Committee, presided over a committee vote that advanced Resolution 25-0005R seeking the co-location of naloxone with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in designated public buildings.
Councilman Mark Conway, sponsor of the resolution, said the city must move faster to ensure naloxone is available at “those brief moments before someone succumbs to opioids,” and pressed agencies for updated implementation plans. Julia Roche, legislative affairs director at the Baltimore City Health Department,…
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