Post by Logan on Apr 18, 2016 23:07:43 GMT -6
OGDEN — Heather Bush, viral hepatitis prevention coordinator for the Utah Department of Health, has this to say of House Bill 308: “This sort of came up out of nowhere.”
The new law allows a needle-exchange program in Utah. It officially “starts” on May 10. But no needles will be exchanged on that date.
Instead, Bush says, the first part will be gathering as many of the health players in Utah — public, private, clinics, pharmacies, and social services — to meet and figure out how to administer the new program. By the middle of May, workshops should commence.
This is good news for local groups waiting for details of a bill that offers an outline, but no money appropriated.
Read more: www.standard.net/News/2016/04/18/State-scrambling-to-develop-plans-for-legal-needle-exchange.html
The new law allows a needle-exchange program in Utah. It officially “starts” on May 10. But no needles will be exchanged on that date.
Instead, Bush says, the first part will be gathering as many of the health players in Utah — public, private, clinics, pharmacies, and social services — to meet and figure out how to administer the new program. By the middle of May, workshops should commence.
This is good news for local groups waiting for details of a bill that offers an outline, but no money appropriated.
Read more: www.standard.net/News/2016/04/18/State-scrambling-to-develop-plans-for-legal-needle-exchange.html