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HB 372/SB 169- Emergency Pregnancy-Related Conditions

Hospitals are required to evaluate a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition, and treat - including to allow the termination of a pregnancy when medically necessary to stabilize the patient.

SB 626 - Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)

This bill has several functions that are vitally important, particularly to transgender Marylanders and their children. Passage would:

Enable transgender parents to prove they are related to their own children after they have been granted an order of legal name change through the Maryland Courts.
Allow Transgender Marylanders to have a gender marker of "X" on their birth certificates.
Ease the cost and logistical burdens of obtaining accurate and matching documents.

Subject	Bill Number	XFile Bill Number	Sponsor	Title	Status	Current Location	Priority	Position	Action	Synopsis
Birth Certificate Modernization	HB1589	SB0626	Delegate Martinez	Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations	Rules and Executive Nominations	Priority	Support	Contact your Senator on Committee	Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.
Birth Certificate Modernization	SB0626	HB1589	Senator Lam	Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)	Finance	Priority	Support	Contact your Senator on Committee	Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.
Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising	HB0484		Delegate Ziegler	Corporate Income Tax - Addition Modification - Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.	Ways and Means	Priority	Support	Contact your Delegate on Committee	Providing an addition modification under the corporate income tax for the amount of certain direct-to-consumer advertising expenses for certain covered drugs paid or incurred during the taxable year that are deducted under the Internal Revenue Code; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
Emergency Pregnancy-Related Conditions	SB0169	HB0372	Senator Lam	Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures	First Reading Health	Health	Priority	Support	Contact your Delegate on Committee	Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of a patient who has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; requiring a hospital to allow the termination of a pregnancy in certain circumstances; etc.
Emergency Pregnancy-Related Conditions	HB0372	SB0169	Delegate Lopez	Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures	Favorable Report by Health	House Floor (2nd Reading)	Priority	Support	Contact your Delegate on Committee	Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of a patient who has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; requiring a hospital to allow the termination of a pregnancy in certain circumstances; etc.
Hormone Therapy for Minors	HB0679		Delegate Arikan	Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors	Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.	Health	Priority	Oppose	Contact your Delegate on Committee	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 a mental health diagnoses associated with gender nonconformity, including gender dysphoria, to an individual who is a minor.
Abortion - Heartbeat Bill	HB0049		Delegate Metzgar	Public Health - Abortion (Heartbeat Bill)	Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.	Health		Oppose		Requiring that an abortion be performed by a physician, rather than a qualified provider; repealing certain provisions of law related to State interference with an abortion, regulations related to abortion, and liability or criminal punishment for qualified providers who perform an abortion; prohibiting a physician from knowingly performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce an abortion under certain circumstances and subject to certain exceptions; etc.
Abortion - Ultrasound and Wait Time	HB1281		Delegate Ciliberti	Health - Abortion - Ultrasound and Wait Time	Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.	Health		Oppose		Prohibiting a qualified provider from performing or inducing an abortion on a pregnant woman within 24 hours after the woman receives certain ultrasound imaging; establishing certain requirements related to the performance of a certain transabdominal ultrasound; and providing that a woman is not required to accept anything offered during certain transabdominal ultrasound imaging.
Abortion Data Reporting to CDC	HB0714		Delegate Grammer	Health - Abortion Data - Submission to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.	Health		Oppose		Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to submit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention any data regarding abortion requested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unless submitting the data would violate federal or State law.
Assisted Reproductive Treatment-Fraud	HB0209		Delegate Allen	Health Care Providers - Assisted Reproductive Treatment - Informed Consent and Fraud	Unfavorable Report by Health; Withdrawn	Withdrawn		Oppose	None	Prohibiting a health care provider from using the health care provider's human reproductive material when providing assisted reproductive treatment without the consent of the recipient of the treatment; prohibiting a health care provider from using a donor's human reproductive material to provide assisted reproductive treatment without the donor's informed consent or in a manner that is inconsistent with the donor's consent; etc.
Causing Ingestion of Abortion-Inducing Drug	HB0885		Delegate Nkongolo	Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act)	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)	Judiciary		Oppose		Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully causing another to ingest an abortion-inducing drug when the person knows or believes that the other person is pregnant and without consent, through fraud or coercion, or by force or threat of force.
Causing Ingestion of Abortion-Inducing Drug	SB0302		Senator Carozza	Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act)	Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.	Judicial Proceedings		Oppose		Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully causing another to ingest an abortion-inducing drug when the person knows or believes that the other person is pregnant and without consent, through fraud or coercion, or by force or threat of force.
Claims for Reimbursement - Downcoding	HB1153	SB0797	Delegate Guzzone	Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Claims for Reimbursement - Downcoding	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.	Health				Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organization from downcoding a claim for reimbursement under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures that insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations are required to follow if the insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization intends or makes a final decision to downcode a claim; etc.
Claims for Reimbursement - Downcoding	SB0797	HB1153	Senator Lam	Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Claims for Reimbursement - Downcoding	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.	Finance				Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organization from downcoding a claim for reimbursement under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures that insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations are required to follow if the insurer, nonprofit health service plan, or health maintenance organization intends or makes a final decision to downcode a claim; etc.
Commission on Re–imagining Health Care	HB1367		Delegate Cullison	Commission on Re-Imagining Health Care in Maryland	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.	Health				Establishing a Commission on Re-Imagining Health Care to envision and make recommendations regarding establishing a comprehensive health care system in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a preliminary report by December 1, 2027, and a final report of the Commission's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2029.
Confidentiality - Crisis Pregnancy Clinics	HB0615	SB0563	Delegate Cullison	Health Facilities - Confidentiality of Medical Records - Crisis Pregnancy Clinics	Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.	Health		Support		Applying certain provisions of law governing the confidentiality of medical records to crisis pregnancy clinics.
Confidentiality - Crisis Pregnancy Clinics	SB0563	HB0615	Senator Gile	Health Facilities - Confidentiality of Medical Records - Crisis Pregnancy Clinics	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.	Finance		Support		Applying certain provisions of law governing the confidentiality of medical records to crisis pregnancy clinics.
Confidentiality of Medical Records	HB0316		Delegate Kaufman	Confidentiality of Medical Records - Definition of Medical Record	Hearing 2/03 at 3:00 p.m.	Health		Support		Altering the definition of 'medical record' for purposes of law governing the confidentiality of medical records to require that certain information be recorded by a health care provider through certain means, instead of entered into the record of a patient or recipient, and to include certain electronic messages.
Consumer Protections - Health Care Financing	HB1124	SB0796	Delegate Palakovich Carr	Commercial Law - Consumer Protections - Health Care Financing	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)	Economic Matters				Establishing consumer protections related to health care financing, including disclosure and refund requirements; prohibiting health care providers and certain agents of health care providers from offering, obtaining, applying for, or assisting in applying for certain financing; prohibiting a health care provider from promoting certain financing to certain patients or billing a certain financier before a certain number of days prior to a procedure; etc.
Consumer Protections - Health Care Financing	SB0796	HB1124	Senator Lam	Commercial Law - Consumer Protections - Health Care Financing	Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.	Finance				Establishing consumer protections related to health care financing, including disclosure and refund requirements; prohibiting health care providers and certain agents of health care providers from offering, obtaining, applying, assisting in applying for certain financing; prohibiting a health care provider from promoting certain financing to certain patients or billing a certain financier before a certain number of days prior to a procedure; etc.
Coverage-UR - Drugs Reviewed by PDAB	SB0837	HB1440	Senator Ready	Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage and Utilization Review - Drugs Reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.	Finance		Oppose		Prohibiting a managed care organization and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a prior authorization or step therapy or fail-first protocol under certain circumstances for prescription drugs that have been reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board; etc.
Coverage-UR - Drugs Reviewed by PDAB	HB1440	SB0837	Delegate Woorman	Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage and Utilization Review - Drugs Reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board	Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.	Health		Oppose		Prohibiting a managed care organization and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a prior authorization or step therapy or fail-first protocol under certain circumstances for prescription drugs that have been reviewed by the Prescription Drug Affordability Board; etc.
Discipline of Providers-Court Actions	SB0083		Senator Simonaire	Health Occupations - Grounds for Discipline - Federal and Court Actions	First Reading Health	Health				Altering the grounds for discipline by certain health occupations boards to include being disciplined by any branch of the uniformed services or the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and altering the grounds for discipline of a naturopathic doctor by the State Board of Physicians to include being convicted or disciplined by a court of any state or country.
Fraud - Assisted Reproductive Treatment	HB0645		Delegate Allen	Criminal Law - Fraud - Assisted Reproductive Treatment	Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.	Judiciary				Prohibiting a person from intentionally or knowingly providing certain assisted reproductive treatment to another using the person's sperm or ovum without the other's consent to assisted reproductive treatment using the person's sperm or ovum; and establishing a civil cause of action for a violation of the Act.
Gender–Affirming Care and Hormone Therapy-Coverage	HB1380		Delegate Fair	Health Insurance - Prescriptions for Gender-Affirming Care and Hormone Therapy - Coverage and Dispensing Requirements	Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.	Health				Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for a certain supply of prescription drugs used for gender-affirming care, hormone therapy, or reproductive health in certain circumstances; and altering the amount of certain prescription drugs that a pharmacist is allowed to dispense on or after January 1, 2027.
HIV Prevention Drugs - Prescribing, Dispensing	HB1114		Delegate Martinez	HIV Prevention Drugs - Prescribing, Dispensing, and Insurance Coverage	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.	Health				Authorizing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention to patients under certain circumstances; prohibiting managed care organizations, insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring prior authorization for preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention or step therapy or cost sharing for preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention or postexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention; etc.
Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council	HB0965	SB0240	Delegate Woorman	Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council - Establishment	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.	Health				Establishing the Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council to provide feedback to the Office of Health Care Quality regarding maintaining oversight of health care facilities and to notify the Secretary of Health if the Office is negligent in providing oversight of health care facilities; requiring the Advisory Council, beginning January 1, 2027, to hold a virtual public meeting once every 6 months; and requiring a summary of each public meeting to be published on the Council's website within 30 days of the meeting.
Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council	SB0240	HB0965	Senator Lewis Young	Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council - Establishment	Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.	Finance				Establishing the Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council to provide feedback to the Office of Health Care Quality regarding maintaining oversight of health care facilities and to notify the Secretary of Health if the Office is negligent in providing oversight of health care facilities; and requiring the Advisory Council, beginning in 2027, and by December 1 annually, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Health Insurance - Access to Abortion Care	HB1159	SB0785	Delegate Lopez	Public Health and Health Insurance - Access to Abortion Care - Reporting Requirements	Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.	Health				Requiring that the annual report on the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program include certain recommendations; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to collect certain data on certain segregated accounts established under the federal Affordable Care Act and certain federal regulations from certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations and submit a certain report to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health Committee on or before January 1 each year.
Health Insurance - Access to Abortion Care	SB0785	HB1159	Senator Guzzone	Public Health and Health Insurance - Access to Abortion Care - Reporting Requirements	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.	Finance				Requiring that the annual report on the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program include certain recommendations; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to collect certain data on certain segregated accounts established under the federal Affordable Care Act and certain federal regulations from certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations and submit a certain report to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health Committee on or before January 1 each year.
Individual and Group Health Insurance Market Stability	HB1112		Delegate Cullison	Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Study on Individual and Group Health Insurance Market Stability	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.	Health				Altering the duties of the Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission to require the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding individual and group health insurance market stability.
Medicaid - Continuity of Care	HB1291		Delegate Roberts	Public Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Continuity of Care	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.	Health				Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt regulations to establish a procedure to provide for the temporary continuation of services and maintain the continuity of care for certain Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients over the age of 65 facing a lapse in services due to an administrative or technical error; prohibiting the Department from altering appeal and hearing rights to accommodate the temporary continuation of services procedures; etc.
Medicaid - Drug Dispensing Costs	HB1470	SB0839	Delegate Cullison	Medical Assistance Programs - Drug Dispensing - Cost-of-Dispensing Survey and Fee-for-Service Professional Dispensing Fee	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.					Requiring, beginning in 2026, the Maryland Department of Health to conduct the in-State cost-of-dispensing survey at least every 3 years; and requiring, within 6 months after the completion of the survey, the Department to adopt regulations establishing a fee-for-service professional dispensing fee based on the results of the survey.
Medicaid - Drug Dispensing Costs	SB0839	HB1470	Senator Ready	Medical Assistance Programs - Drug Dispensing - Cost-of-Dispensing Survey and Fee-for-Service Professional Dispensing Fee	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.	Finance				Requiring, beginning in 2026, the Maryland Department of Health to conduct the in-State cost-of-dispensing survey at least every 3 years; and requiring, within 6 months after the completion of the survey, the Department to adopt regulations establishing a fee-for-service professional dispensing fee based on the results of the survey.
Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access	SB0532	HB1076	Senator Kagan	Higher Education Institutions - Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access and Reporting	Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.	Education, Energy, and the Environment				Requiring each public senior higher education institution and community college to submit a report on contraception access to the Maryland Higher Education Commission each year; requiring the Commission to submit a report on contraception access to the General Assembly each year; and requiring each community college to provide students with access to all methods of over-the-counter contraception.
Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access	HB1076	SB0532	Delegate Smith	Higher Education Institutions - Over-the-Counter Contraception - Access and Reporting	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)	Appropriations				Requiring each public senior higher education institution and community college to submit a report on contraception access to the Maryland Higher Education Commission each year; requiring the Commission to submit a report on contraception access to the General Assembly each year beginning October 1, 2026; and requiring each community college to provide students with access to all methods of over-the-counter contraception.
Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act	HB1131		Delegate Lopez	Public Health - Pregnancy Loss - Prohibited Actions (Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act)	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)	Judiciary				Prohibiting individuals who experienced a pregnancy loss from being subject to investigation, civil liability, or criminal prosecution except under certain circumstances; establishing a private right of action for a violation of a certain prohibition against investigations of pregnancy loss; providing that an incidence of pregnancy loss does not constitute probable cause to issue a certain search warrant, except under certain circumstances; etc.
Prescription Drug Monitoring-Data Disclosure	HB1045		Delegate Cullison	Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Data Disclosure to Federal Law Enforcement - Limitation	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.	Health		Support		Altering the circumstances under which the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is required to disclose prescription monitoring data to a federal law enforcement agency to prohibit the disclosure if the Protected Health Care Commission determines that the data is sensitive health services information that has been determined by the Secretary of Health to be legally protected health care.
Regulation of Insurers and Vision Benefit Managers	SB0795	HB1603	Senator Lam	Health Insurance - Vision Benefits - Regulation of Insurers and Vision Benefit Managers	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.	Finance				Establishing requirements for certain vision benefits, vision benefit plans, and vision benefit discount plans; requiring an insurer or a vision benefit manager to disclose certain information on its website and in certain communications and maintain certain methods of communication for use by participating eye care providers; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for contracts between insurers or vision benefit managers and participating eye care providers; etc.
Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelics	HB0427	SB0336	Delegate Guzzone	Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension	First Reading Finance	Finance				Extending to December 31, 2027, the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study and make recommendations related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; and requiring the Task Force to submit an updated report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 31, 2026.
Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelics	SB0336	HB0427	Senator Feldman	Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance	Senate Floor (2nd Reading)				Extending to December 31, 2027, the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study and make recommendations related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; and requiring the Task Force to submit an updated report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 31, 2026.
SHOP Enrollment	HB0273	SB0014	Chair, Health Committee	Health Insurance - Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Enrollment - Effective Dates	First Reading Finance	Finance				Altering the effective dates of enrollment in a Small Business Health Options (SHOP) Exchange plan for individuals who enroll during certain special enrollment periods.
SHOP Enrollment	SB0014	HB0273	Chair, Finance Committee	Health Insurance - Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Enrollment - Effective Dates	First Reading Health	Health				Altering the effective dates of enrollment in a Small Business Health Options (SHOP) Exchange plan for individuals who enroll during certain special enrollment periods; etc.
Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy	SB0794		Senator Lam	Health Insurance - Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy - Coverage Effective Date	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.	Finance				Authorizing an individual who enrolls for coverage or enrolls a dependent for coverage during a certain special enrollment period for pregnancy to choose a certain date option on which the coverage will become effective; and requiring the carrier, if the individual fails to select the effective date, to select a certain date option.
Study of Universal Health Care Program	HB1316		Delegate Ruth	Public Health - Universal Health Care Program - Study and Commission	Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.	Health				Requiring the Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a universal health care program through a single-payer system in the State; and establishing the Advisory Commission on Universal Health Care to assist the Institute in the development of final findings and recommendations based on a certain study.
Universal Health Care Program - Study	HB1313		Delegate Embry	Higher Education - Tuition Exemption - Incarcerated Individuals	Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)	Appropriations				Establishing that incarcerated individuals are exempt, subject to certain conditions, from paying tuition at public institutions of higher education in the State.
Vaccinations-recommendations/coverage	SB0385	HB0637	President	Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)	Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.	Finance		Support		Requiring the Secretary of Health to issue recommendations for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services based on certain evidence-based scientific and clinical guidance; altering the authority of pharmacists to administer certain vaccinations; altering the health insurance coverage requirements for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services; and repealing obsolete language regarding the pertussis vaccine.
Vaccinations-recommendations/coverage	HB0637	SB0385	Speaker	Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act)	Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.	Health		Support		Requiring the Secretary of Health to issue recommendations for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services based on certain evidence-based scientific and clinical guidance; altering the authority of pharmacists to administer certain vaccinations; altering the health insurance coverage requirements for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services; and repealing obsolete language regarding the pertussis vaccine.
Youth Psychiatric Rehab Parity	HB0071		Delegate Sample-Hughes	Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program Services - Reimbursement (Youth Psychiatric Rehabilitation Parity Act of 2026)	Unfavorable Report by Health; Withdrawn	Withdrawn			None	Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt regulations requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to reimburse a psychiatric rehabilitation program for a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 30 psychiatric rehabilitation community psychiatric support services delivered to certain individuals each month.

Emergency Immigration Bills Passed Both Houses

Read Full Digest Here: Feb. 16th Digest On Thursday, the House of Delegates gave final approval to SB 245 - Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements – Prohibition , so it will now go to the Governor for signature. The bill had to obtain 3/5 vote in both houses as an emergency bill, allowing it to go into effect upon the Governor’s signature. The Senate required 29 votes and passed 32-12; the House required 84 votes and passed 99-38. Shortly thereafter, its compan

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Almost All Priority Measures Introduced and Some Advancing

Read Full Digest Here: February 9, 2026 Digest With the Senate deadline to file bills on Monday, February 9 (today), and the House deadline on Friday, February 13, a few more priority bills were introduced last week. Any bills introduced after these deadlines will be referred to the chambers’ respective Rules Committees, requiring a vote of those bodies before referral to a standing committee. Late bills are less likely to get a hearing during the session since a third of the