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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-806" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Aids Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Baltimore City Health Department shall include in its Program operating procedures measures to collect the following data:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The number of participants served by the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The length of time a participant is served by the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Demographic profiles of participants served by the Program that include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Age;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Sex;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Race; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Zip code of residence;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The number of hypodermic needles and syringes exchanged;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The number of participants referred to addiction treatment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The number of referrals made by the Program for addiction treatment for people who inject drugs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>With the advice of the oversight committee, the Baltimore City Health Department shall develop and implement a plan for Program evaluation that shall include the following issues:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The estimated prevalence and incidence of HIV among Program participants;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The strengths and weaknesses of the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The advisability of continuing the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>As part of its plans for data collection and Program evaluation described under subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Baltimore City Health Department shall develop and implement a methodology to collect returned needles and syringes and send them to the Rapid Analysis of Drugs program operated by the Center for Harm Reduction at the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before December 31 of each year, the Baltimore City Health Department shall report to the oversight committee, the Governor, and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly, on the number of hypodermic needles and syringes exchanged as part of the Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
