Health Care and Reproductive Rights in the 2025 Session​

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✅ Public Health Abortion Grant Program – HB 930 and SB 848 have passed both chambers and was signed by Governor Moore. These bills would provide grants to improve access to abortion care clinical services for individuals in the State, establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide grants under the Program.

✅ State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program – Sunset Repeal – SB 5 and HB 297 both passed and was signed by Governor Moore. This bill would extend this successful program which provides subsidies to help young adults obtain affordable health insurance, which has reduced the numbers of young adults (18-34) not insured. This program has increased insurance coverage for Black young adults by 46% and Hispanic young adults by more than 50% year over year compared to an overall enrollment increase for all young adults of 27%.

✅ Prescription Drug Affordability Board – Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders – HB 424 and SB 357 both passed and were signed by Governor Moore. 

This bill would expand the Prescription Drug Affordability Board with authority to make limits on high drug costs to all Marylanders (currently only applies to state and local government employees.

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For more information, please contact our Health Care Issue Lead at Healthcare@uulmmd.org​.

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