2025 Senate Bill 629

Health: other; syringe service programs; provide for.

A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending sections 7401, 7403, 7453, and 7457 (MCL 333.7401, 333.7403, 333.7453, and 333.7457), section 7401 as amended by 2016 PA 548, section 7403 as amended by 2016 PA 307, section 7453 as amended by 2024 PA 18, and section 7457 as amended by 2006 PA 458, and by adding section 5137.

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Senate Bills 628 and 629 expand Michigan’s harm reduction and public health efforts by requiring medical assistance coverage for syringe service programs and legalizing needle and syringe access programs with protections for participants and staff under amended state drug and paraphernalia laws.

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 30, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D-13) and two co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Jeff Irwin (D-15) and Sue Shink (D-14)

Referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services