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Texas Needle Exchange
Bill Passes House
May 23, 2007
News Summary Courtesy of Join
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A pilot needle-exchange program was
approved by the Texas House of Representatives this
week, the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram reported May 22.
The measure would establish a needle-exchange
program in the San Antonio area. If approved by the
state Senate -- which is expected -- it would be the
first time that needle exchanges have been allowed in
Texas.
The program was approved as an amendment
to a state Medicaid bill, which was sponsored by Rep.
Dianne White Delisi (R-Temple). It originally called
for a statewide program, but was trimmed down to gain
enough support for passage.
Previously, Delisi, the chair of the
Texas House Public Health Committee said she would not
bring a needle-exchange bill to a vote, meaning the
measure would have died in the current legislative session,
the Austin
American-Statesman reported May 17. "I'm not
persuaded that the public-health benefit outweighs my
concerns and my constituents' concerns about illegal
intravenous drug use," she said.
Sen. Bob Deuell (R-Greenville), the
bill sponsor, replied, "Evidence is overwhelming
that [needle exchange] does not increase drug use. Unfortunately,
some people are scared they'll be seen as encouraging
drug use. But I live in a conservative, Republican district
and no one in my district has told me anything adverse
about this bill."
Delisi did allow a hearing on the bill,
which she had not done in the 2005 legislative session.
But she did not attend the hearing, in which no one
spoke out against the measure.
Among those who testified in favor
of needle exchange was Peter Lurie of Public Citizen.
"This is an emergency that we're dealing with,"
Lurie said. "Somewhere, today, in the state of
Texas, at this very moment, there is a person holding
an HIV-positive syringe, and at this moment, they might
be about to put that in their forearm, causing HIV infection
to themselves and perhaps later, to their sex partners
and their children."
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