With HIV cases rising due to an active HIV outbreak in Bangor and federal funding for HIV prevention under threat, we must act boldly at the state level to preserve access to proven, cost-effective prevention strategies.

GLAD Law along with over 60 community organizations, public health advocates, constituents, and individuals submitted testimony in support of LD1687, “An Act to Clarify and Increase Access to HIV Prevention Medications.” This bill would builds on the 2021 law allowing people to access PrEP and PEP directly from a pharmacist without a prescription.

LD1687 will expand access to HIV prevention across Maine by addressing reimbursement for pharmacists, enabling pharmacists to administer long-acting injectable forms of PrEP, and ensuring insurance coverage of injectable PrEP.