Health Care
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HB 718
Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established creates a commission to monitor the impact of potential and actual federal changes to programs (such as Patient Protection, the Affordable Care Act, and Medicare) and to provide recommendations annually to protect access to affordable healthcare.
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HB 930/SB 848
Public Health Abortion Grant Program – Establishment protects access to abortion services through a public health grant program.
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HB 974
Health Insurance - Preventive Services - High Deductible Health Plans and Enforcement Authority preserves insurance carrier coverage requiring preventive services with zero cost-sharing, including for immunizations, annual wellness checks, cancer screenings, birth control, physicals, vaccines, and more.
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HB 1082
Health Insurance - Individual Market Stabilization - Establishment of the State-Based Health Insurance Subsidies Program establishes a state–based health insurance subsidies program to mitigate the effects of the possible elimination of federal advance premium tax credits.
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HB 297/SB 5
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Sunset Repeal makes Maryland’s Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidy Program (YAS) permanent. This program has made healthcare more affordable for younger Marylanders who make too much money, and cannot qualify for other subsidies, but still can’t afford to buy insurance at the base rate.
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HB 869/SB 372
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025 makes insurance coverage for telehealth care permanent.
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HB 424/SB 357
Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act expands the authority of the Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB), allowing Maryland to directly negotiate with pharmaceutical companies and save Marylanders money on their healthcare premiums.
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HB 728
Access to Care Act reduces the number of uninsured Marylanders, lowers emergency room wait times, lowers health insurance premiums, and saves the state money by reducing the amount of uncompensated care. This is an opportunity-to-purchase bill, meaning no state or federal funding is needed.
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HB 39
Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024 reclassifies homecare workers as employees instead of contractors, allowing them to get the proper pay and benefits they are entitled to.
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HB 1439
Emergency Services - Funding increases the motor vehicle registration emergency medical system surcharge for certain vehicles and increases fines for driving while impaired. The increased fees will be used to fund trauma and emergency services.
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HB 1259
Health Insurance - Breast and Lung Cancer Screening - Coverage Requirements extends coverage for follow-up diagnostic tests after initial screening for breast and lung cancers to detect the need for further testing.
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HB 1293
Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention creates a public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer aimed at underserved communities to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes.
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HB 933
Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees establishes a permanent funding source for 988, the 24-7 Suicide and Crisis Helpline.
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HB 576
Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs aligns Maryland with 47 other states by establishing an in-place assisted outpatient behavioral health support program.