SB475: Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Establishment

Legislative Summary

Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local agencies and affected communities to implement a public health approach to firearm violence reduction; requiring the Center to submit a preliminary State Plan for a Public Health Approach to Reducing Firearm Violence to the Governor and General Assembly on or before May 1, 2025; etc.