This bill requires hospitals with emergency departments to provide stabilizing care to pregnant patients.

This bill requires public higher education institutions and community colleges to provide over-the-counter contraception access.

This bill updates the state’s shield law by amending the definitions of “legally protected health care” and “sensitive health services” to include gender-affirming care for purposes of law governing the disclosure of information regarding sensitive health services. It also amends definitions related to family planning providers to apply to those providers who were receiving Title X as of December 31, 2024.

This bill establishes the Public Health Abortion Grant Program to provide grants to improve access to abortion care, and designates funds from health plan segregated funds created under 1303 of the ACA to be transferred to the Grant Program. The bill also includes a clause stating that “if, on or before June 30, 2031, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services advises the Maryland Insurance Administration that the provisions of Section 1 of this Act violate § 1303 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 1 of this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.”

This bill requires the Maryland Commission for Women to establish the Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control to study access to over-the-counter birth control and to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027.