CSSB 308 - Syringe Exchange Program - Texas Key Vote
Earl Wentworth voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- House Bill Sent To Committee
- April 30, 2007
- Senate Bill Passed
- April 27, 2007
- Introduced
- April 17, 2007
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Title: Syringe Exchange Program
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a syringe exchange program to reduce the spread of communicable diseases.
Highlights:
-Provides for a disease control program that establishes a syringe exchange program, education on disease transmission and prevention, and assistance for those seeking health-related services (Sec. 1). -Allows wholesale drug distributors and device distributors to provide needles and syringes to disease control programs (Sec. 1).
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NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Title: Syringe Exchange Program
More Info About this Vote
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.