Previously, a person could anonymously swap used needles for clean ones at approved sites in six counties. The programs are credited with curbing bloodborne infections across the state, including HIV and hepatitis C cases. Speaking against the bill in committee testimony, the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council claimed the exchanges were facilitating drug use and causing a “proliferation of needles” in communities. Lawmakers responded with changes to the bill: requiring a 1 to 1 needle exchange rate; implementing regional restrictions on who can use the program; and barring the exchanges from operating near schools, day cares and churches. The IDs, Rep. Brad Barrett said during the House Public Health Committee, would help prove a person lives in a region that the county needle exchange is permitted to serve. “This is the first time we’ve actually put some guardrails and some accountability,” Barrett, R-Richmond, said later on the House floor. Advocates, though, say the change will all but eliminate access for some participants. “Addiction doesn’t care if you have an ID or not,” said Alan Witchey, the …