Ch. 360                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4)      (5) THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ENTERING DRUG
COUNSELING AND TREATMENT; AND

(5)      (6) THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS MADE BY THE PROGRAM FOR
DRUG COUNSELING AND TREATMENT.

(B)     WITH THE ADVICE AND APPROVAL OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE
BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN
FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION THAT SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:

(1)      THE PREVALENCE OF HIV AMONG PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS;

(2)      CHANGES IN THE LEVEL OF DRUG USE AMONG PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS;

(3)      CHANGES IN THE LEVEL OF NEEDLE-SHARING AMONG PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS;

(4)      CHANGES IN . THE USE OF CONDOMS AMONG PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS;

(5)      THE STATUS OF TREATMENT AND RECOVERY FOR PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS WHO ENTERED DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS;

(6)      THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM ON RISK BEHAVIORS FOR THE
TRANSMISSION OF THE HIV INFECTION, THE HEPATITIS B VIRUS, AND OTHER
LIFE-THREATENING BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES AMONG INJECTING DRUG USERS;

(7)      THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM VERSUS THE DIRECT
AND INDIRECT COSTS OF THE HIV INFECTION IN TERMS OF MEDICAL TREATMENT
AND OTHER SERVICES NORMALLY REQUIRED BY HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS;

(8)      THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE PROGRAM; AND

(9)      THE ADVISABILITY OF CONTINUING THE PROGRAM.

(C)     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:

(1)      FOR IDENTIFYING PROGRAM HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND
SYRINGES, SUCH AS THROUGH THE USE OF BAR CODING OR ANY OTHER METHOD
APPROVED BY THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE; AND

(2)      TO PERFORM HIV ANTIBODY TESTING ON THE RESIDUE LEFT IN A
SAMPLE OF HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND SYRINGES RETURNED TO THE PROGRAM.

24-807.

(A) (1) EACH PROGRAM PARTICIPANT SHALL BE ISSUED AN IDENTIFICATION
CARD WITH AN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

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