A proposed bill aims to improve health care accessibility in Baltimore City by changing zoning regulations.

On Tuesday, Baltimore City Councilmember Phylicia Porter introduced legislation to change the city's zoning code to address what she calls an uneven concentration of health-care clinics across neighborhoods.

Council bill 25-0097 seeks to amend Article 32 of the Baltimore City Code to better align zoning practices with long-term community planning goals, according to Porter.

She said the proposal is about ensuring that treatment options are more evenly distributed and better regulated.

"The intent is clear, to align our zoning practices with community planning goals and to reevaluate how these clinics are concentrated across our neighborhoods," Porter said. "It's not about the qu

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