Candidate for Maryland House of Delegates - District 24 in 2018 Maryland 2018 General Election.
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Get StartedExpanding Access to Family Planning Healthcare – HB 994: This bipartisan bill expands access to family planning healthcare services, primarily to low-income men and women, throughout the state. Learn more
Decriminalizing Mental Illness – HB111: This bill mandates that mentally ill defendants should be placed in an appropriate treatment facility within a reasonable timeframe instead of sitting in jail. Learn more
he has fought to fix our inherently broken and unequal cash-bail system and for legislation that removes social barriers for returning citizens by expanding access to expungements. Learn more
One of several measures I’m fighting for this legislative session is a bill that requires an applicant to make disclosures and meet certain standards before being allowed to obtain a life insurance policy on a juvenile. Learn more
Erek was a leader in passage of the Justice Reinvestment Act, which implements policies that enhance public safety while reducing incarceration and recidivism by focusing on rehabilitation and drug and mental health treatment. Learn more
Expanding Pretrial Services Statewide – HB 447: This bill helps to expand pretrial services statewide so that non-violent, low risk defendants may be released pending disposition of their case and, if necessary, have access to services such as drug and mental health evaluation and treatment, housing and job placement training and referrals. Learn more
He has also been fighting for legislation to expand and improve mental health treatment and resources and tools to combat the opioid epidemic. For example, Erek's legislation to enhance and mandate the prescription drug monitoring program will prevent and curb opioid abuse statewide. Learn more
Erek has worked diligently with his colleagues to make sure that public schools get their fair share of resources. That includes funding for important school construction projects that fix aging and dilapidated school buildings to support our growing school populations. Erek will continue to fight for this critical funding to make sure that our schools are educating our students, providing them the necessary wrap-around services, and act as centers of our communities. Learn more
Expanding Insurance Coverage for Prediabetes – HB 86: Prediabetes, if left untreated, can easily develop into type 2 diabetes, which affects nearly 86 million Americans. This bill expands health insurance coverage to patients with prediabetes and obesity, so they can prevent this disease. Learn more
Erek strongly believes that the General Assembly needs to protect the health care of over 430,000 state residents, many of which are from Prince George’s County, who get their coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s Maryland Benefits Exchange and Medicaid expansion. Learn more
He has also been fighting for legislation to expand and improve mental health treatment and resources and tools to combat the opioid epidemic. For example, Erek's legislation to enhance and mandate the prescription drug monitoring program will prevent and curb opioid abuse statewide. Learn more
we must also not neglect the County’s streets and roadways. Erek has and will continue to fight for the County’s share of Highway User Revenue and capital transportation grants. Learn more
As co-chair of the WMATA-Metro Work Group, Erek firmly believes that we must build and support development around the county’s 15 metro stations and other transportation centers, particularly inside the beltway. Learn more
he helped form a working group of legislators that developed a series of recommendations to reform the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (“Metro”) in order to ensure better service, safety, reliability and transit oriented development around our metro stations. Learn more
he has fought to fix our inherently broken and unequal cash-bail system and for legislation that removes social barriers for returning citizens by expanding access to expungements. Learn more
he helped form a working group of legislators that developed a series of recommendations to reform the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (“Metro”) in order to ensure better service, safety, reliability and transit oriented development around our metro stations. Learn more
Decriminalizing Mental Illness – HB111: This bill mandates that mentally ill defendants should be placed in an appropriate treatment facility within a reasonable timeframe instead of sitting in jail. Learn more
Expanding Insurance Coverage for Prediabetes – HB 86: Prediabetes, if left untreated, can easily develop into type 2 diabetes, which affects nearly 86 million Americans. This bill expands health insurance coverage to patients with prediabetes and obesity, so they can prevent this disease. Learn more
One of several measures I’m fighting for this legislative session is a bill that requires an applicant to make disclosures and meet certain standards before being allowed to obtain a life insurance policy on a juvenile. Learn more
Erek was a leader in passage of the Justice Reinvestment Act, which implements policies that enhance public safety while reducing incarceration and recidivism by focusing on rehabilitation and drug and mental health treatment. Learn more
Expanding Pretrial Services Statewide – HB 447: This bill helps to expand pretrial services statewide so that non-violent, low risk defendants may be released pending disposition of their case and, if necessary, have access to services such as drug and mental health evaluation and treatment, housing and job placement training and referrals. Learn more
Expanding Access to Family Planning Healthcare – HB 994: This bipartisan bill expands access to family planning healthcare services, primarily to low-income men and women, throughout the state. Learn more
Erek has worked diligently with his colleagues to make sure that public schools get their fair share of resources. That includes funding for important school construction projects that fix aging and dilapidated school buildings to support our growing school populations. Erek will continue to fight for this critical funding to make sure that our schools are educating our students, providing them the necessary wrap-around services, and act as centers of our communities. Learn more
Erek has championed measures in the General Assembly that support the stability of hard working families, such as paid family medical leave and raising the state’s minimum wage to a living wage. Learn more
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