Jack Walsh voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Amends Delaware Statutes Regarding the Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program
Signed by Governor John Carney, Jr.
Title: Amends Delaware Statutes Regarding the Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program
Title: Amends Delaware Statutes Regarding the Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program
Vote to pass a bill that amends Delaware statutes concerning the sterile needle and syringe Exchange program.
Defines a participant as an injection drug user who obtains a sterile needle and syringe unit under the Sterile Needle and Syringe Service Program (Sec. 2).
Requires that the Director of the State Division of Public Health maintain a sterile needle and syringe service program and that the program be administered by the Director or designees (Sec. 3).
Authorizes the Director to designate private providers of service to operate the program (Sec. 3).
Requires that the program provide needles and syringes on an as-need basis (Sec. 4).
Authorizes a participant to return used needles and syringes at any program site if more than 1 site is available (Sec. 4).
Title: Amends Delaware Statutes Regarding the Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Program