2025 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
HB859: Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach
Legislative Summary
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and requiring the Exchange to conduct a survey, in consultation with the State Department of Education and relevant nonprofit organizations, to assess current levels of health care access across the child care community.
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Bill History
1/30/2025
First Reading Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
House of Delegates
3/15/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
3/15/2025
Favorable with Amendments {803720/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
3/15/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
3/17/2025
Third Reading Passed (109-29)
House of Delegates
3/17/2025
Referred Budget and Taxation Finance
Senate
3/24/2025
Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
Senate
4/3/2025
Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
Senate
4/3/2025
Favorable Adopted
Senate
4/3/2025
Second Reading Passed
Senate
4/3/2025
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Senate
4/4/2025
Returned Passed
House of Delegates
Amendments
Favorable with Amendments 803720/1 Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 803720/1 Adopted
3/15/2025Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Third Reading Passed
3/17/2025
109
Yea
29
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Enrolled(4/4/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Sponsors
Democrat: 21
Primary Sponsor
Jared Solomon
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (20)
Michele Guyton
Democrat
Dana Jones
Democrat
Aletheia McCaskill
Democrat
Heather Bagnall
Democrat
Harry Bhandari
Democrat
Bonnie Cullison
Democrat
Pam Guzzone
Democrat
Terri Hill
Democrat
Steve Johnson
Democrat
Anne Kaiser
Democrat
Ken Kerr
Democrat
Lesley Lopez
Democrat
Ashanti Martinez
Democrat
Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Democrat
Samuel Rosenberg
Democrat
Kim Ross
Democrat
Deni Taveras
Democrat
Jennifer White Holland
Democrat
Jamila Woods
Democrat
Teresa Woorman
Democrat