| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 669 (HB 626) - Pregnant Person's Freedom Act of 2022 | Altering certain provisions of law relating to the termination of a pregnancy and investigations of or criminal penalties or civil liabilities for a pregnant person or a person assisting a pregnant person; prohibiting a certain provision of law that requires the termination of a pregnancy by a licensed physician from being construed to apply to a pregnant person who terminates the person's own pregnancy under any circumstances; etc. | SB 669 HB 626 | Hearing canceled (3/14) Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) HB 626: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| SB 890 (HB 937) - Abortion Care Access Act | Establishing the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program in the Maryland Department of Health to ensure that there are a sufficient number of health professionals to provide abortion care; establishing the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Fund; establishing certain requirements regarding abortion services, including provision and coverage requirements, for certain entities and persons; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,500,000 to the Program; etc. | SB 890 HB 937 | Rereferred to Health and Government Operations (4/7) Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 56 (4/9) SB 890: Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)@Finance HB 937: Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| HB 50 - Public Health - Abortion, Artificial Insemination, and Sterilization - Requirement | Requiring, rather than prohibiting, licensed hospitals, hospital directors, and hospital governing boards to authorize within the hospitals the performance of any medical procedure that results in artificial insemination, sterilization, or termination of pregnancy or to refer to any source for these medical procedures. | HB 50 | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) HB 50: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| HB 952 - Access to Abortion Care and Health Insurance Act | Establishing certain requirements regarding abortion care services, including provision and coverage requirements on the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to adopt regulations to provide a certain subsidy to cover the cost of insurance premiums for certain young adults; etc. | HB 952 | Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) HB 952: Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| HB 1167 - Public Health - Abortions - Coercion (Coercive Abuse Against Mothers Prevention Act) | Prohibiting an individual from committing or threatening certain actions with the intent of coercing a pregnant woman to have an abortion; providing that a pregnant minor is considered an emancipated minor for purposes of eligibility for public assistance if the minor is denied financial support from a parent or guardian due to the minor's refusal to have an abortion; requiring a health care facility that performs abortions to post certain signs in certain rooms of the facility; etc. | HB 1167 | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) HB 1167: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| HB 1214 - Maryland Child Protection Act of 2022 | Establishing certain duties and responsibilities of a mandatory reporter, a person who holds a professional position that requires the person to report to the appropriate State agency a case of suspected child abuse; specifying that a mandatory reporter who fails to act is subject to a certain penalty; requiring a physician who performs an abortion on a minor under the age of 14 years to preserve and submit a certain sample of fetal tissue to the Maryland Department of Health; etc. | HB 1214 | Hearing 3/07 at 2:00 p.m. (2/17) HB 1214: Hearing 3/07 at 2:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| HB 1317 - Health - Informed Consent (Woman's Right to Know Act) | Prohibiting a physician from performing an abortion unless the woman provides informed consent; establishing requirements related to the performance of an abortion, including requirements related to the provision of information, record keeping, medical emergencies, and the collection and reporting of information; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and maintain a website to provide information related to pregnancy, childbirth, and the period that a child is dependent. | HB 1317 | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) HB 1317: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| HB 1321 - Health - Abortions - Reporting Requirement | Requiring regulated facilities where abortions are performed to report annually to the Vital Statistics Administration in the Maryland Department of Health the rate of gastroschisis in the fetuses aborted. | HB 1321 | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) HB 1321: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| HB 1360 - Public Health - Abortion-Inducing Drugs | Providing for the circumstances under and the manner in which a person may provide an abortion-inducing drug to a pregnant woman; establishing reporting requirements related to the use of abortion-inducing drugs in the State; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a certain form and publish certain information on the use of abortion-inducing drugs in the State; providing for the manner in which a civil action or disciplinary action may be brought under the Act; etc. | HB 1360 | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) HB 1360: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| HB 1364 - Health Care Freedom of Conscience Act | Authorizing health care providers and health care practitioners to decline to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience; authorizing health care payors to decline to pay for health care services or health care products that violate their conscience; establishing certain civil, criminal, and administrative immunity; etc. | HB 1364 | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) HB 1364: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |