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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave [HB-1503]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management and the governing body of a public institution of higher education to adopt regulations governing paid family and medical leave benefits for Executive Branch employees; establishing certain parameters for the paid family and medical leave; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2026, Executive Branch employees to submit a request for paid family and medical leave in accordance with established procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 606 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity [HB-1489]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients of the coverage requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors - Prohibition (Protect the Kids Act) [HB-1399]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Prohibiting a licensed health care practitioner from prescribing, dispensing, or administering a cross-sex hormone or otherwise providing cross-sex hormone therapy for the treatment of certain mental health diagnoses to an individual who is a minor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 03/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) [HB-1328]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/03 At 2:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) And Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Child Advocacy Centers - Continuity of Care Standards for Health Care Professionals and Reports of Violations [HB-1480]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that the standards established by the Maryland Statewide Organization for Child Advocacy Centers require an individual employed by or contracted with a Child Advocacy Center providing medical or mental health services to be licensed or certified, if applicable, and provide services within the scope of the license or certification; requiring, beginning in 2027, the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to publish on its website a description of the standards for child advocacy centers and compliance information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act) [HB-1251]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Requiring certain hospitals to adopt certain policies relating to obstetric services and to provide evidence to the Maryland Department of Health that the hospital has the policies; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain policies to the public on request; and requiring insurers that issue or deliver medical professional liability insurance policies in the State to provide the Maryland Department of Health, on request, with information regarding the insurer's policy regarding coverage of obstetric services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 751 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Report on Establishing a Directory of Home Health Care Providers [HB-1478]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to submit a report on the feasibility of establishing and maintaining an online directory of home health care providers to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 748 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns [HB-1352]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from denying access or services to a student based on the student's diagnosis of sickle cell disease; requiring an institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations for students with sickle cell disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop an education and awareness campaign for institutions of higher education in the State regarding students with sickle cell disease; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment [HB-1268]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for the full length of long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses under certain circumstances; and prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from placing a quantitative limit on or denying coverage for benefits required under the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Care - Prior Authorizations - Prohibiting Fees [HB-1314]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Insurance ]
Prohibiting in-network health care providers from charging a fee to obtain a prior authorization from a carrier or managed care organization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents [HB-1306]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish certain specialized clinics for the management and treatment of sickle cell disease and establish a scholarship program for medical residents who specialize in benign or classical hematology with a focus on sickle cell disease; and requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2027 to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $6,000,000 to support clinic operations, staffing, training, and social support services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Hospitals and Tissue Banks - Autologous and Directed Blood Donations - Requirements [HB-1456]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a tissue bank that facilitates autologous or directed blood donations to comply with a physician's order prescribing an autologous or directed blood donation; authorizing a tissue bank to charge a certain fee for facilitating an autologous or directed blood donation; and requiring a hospital to allow an individual to provide an autologous or directed blood donation under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health - Medical Care Facilities - Electronic Monitoring Devices [HB-1409]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Providing for an exception to the prohibition against willfully intercepting wire or electronic communication for a resident in a medical care facility under certain circumstances; requiring a medical care facility to allow electronic monitoring of a resident if requested by the resident or the resident's legal representative; and providing for the admissibility of a recording made through electronic monitoring in a civil or criminal court of the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Practice of Audiology - Definition [HB-1298]
[Healthcare ]
Altering the definition of "practice audiology", including by clarifying that the ordering and performing of certain scanning and imaging are included as these procedures related to auditory or vestibular conditions in the human ear.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ashanti Martinez
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs [HB-1243]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs that are administered or dispensed by a provider that is an in-network provider of covered medical oncology services and complies with State regulations for the administering and dispensing of specialty drugs, if the specialty drugs meet certain qualifications; and requiring the reimbursement rate for certain specialty drugs to meet certain criteria.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 729 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Reproductive Health Care Data - Report [HB-1357]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to collect and compile annual data on the costs of birth, postpartum care, pregnancy care, and abortion; requiring the Department to post on its website and submit to the General Assembly a reproductive health care data report each December 1, beginning in 2025; and requiring the report to include the aggregated cost data for certain categories of care, comparative data by region within the State, analysis of trends in the cost of care, and recommendations for improving cost efficiency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act) [HB-1198]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the required location and timeline for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Correction to make certain services available to certain female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to implement certain comprehensive rehabilitative prerelease services by July 1, 2026; requiring the Department to report certain information to certain entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings Budget And Taxation on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Prospective Foster Care Parents and Out-of-Home Placements [HB-1205]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a local department of social services to provide non-confidential information to a prospective foster care parent on the medical, educational, and behavioral history of a child as it directly relates to the care of a child in an out-of-home placement; and authorizing a local department of social services to place up to four foster children in an out-of-home placement.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage [HB-1187]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations that provide coverage for chemotherapy to treat cancer to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used for the preservation of hair in connection with chemotherapy treatment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols - Drugs to Treat Associated Conditions of Advanced Metastatic Cancer [HB-1087]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a step therapy or fail-first protocol for certain prescription drugs prescribed by a treating physician to treat a symptom of or side effect from the treatment of stage four metastatic cancer and use of the prescription drug is consistent with best practices for treatment of the condition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 706 on 05/20/2025