Ryan NicolDecember 5, 2019
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State lawmakers recently approved a measure authorizing each county in the state to set up their own program.
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Ryan NicolDecember 5, 2019Ryan NicolJuly 1, 2019
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Officials from Palm Beach, Broward and Hillsborough counties say they'll consider starting an exchange.
Ryan NicolMay 2, 20193min264
Each county will decide on its own whether to adopt a version of the program
Ryan NicolApril 9, 20194min590
The bill will now head to the House floor.
Ryan NicolApril 3, 20194min347
A companion in the Senate has advanced through all its committees.
Ryan NicolMarch 6, 20194min315
A bipartisan companion bill has been filed in the House.
Ryan NicolJanuary 18, 2019
4min264
The bill would expand a pilot program run by the University of Miami.
Ryan NicolJanuary 7, 20196min462
A bipartisan push is behind legislation that would allow for the expansion of Miami-Dade County’s needle exchange program throughout the rest of the state. The bill (HB 171) for the 2019 Legislative Session was filed Monday by state Reps. Shevrin Jones, a West Park Democrat, and Rene “Coach P” Plasencia, an Orlando Republican. In 2016, the Infectious […]
Ana CeballosJanuary 18, 2018
4min358
Two years after a state law established a sterile needle and syringe exchange pilot program in Miami-Dade County, lawmakers are trying to expand the single-county program to other parts of the state. In an effort to abate a growing opioid epidemic, state Rep. Shevrin Jones said his bill would act a “liaison” to myriad of […]
Mitch PerryMarch 2, 20162min413
For the first time in four years, legislation that would create a needle exchange program aimed at curbing the spread of diseases such as HIV and hepatitis in Miami-Dade County is headed to the governor’s desk. The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the IDEA Act (the Miami-Dade Infectious Disease Elimination Act”), sponsored by Plantation Democrat Katie […]