2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

SB965: Public Health - Women's Health Care Data - Report

Legislative Summary

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to collect and compile annual data on the costs of birth, postpartum care, pregnancy care, and abortion; requiring the Department to post on its website and submit to the General Assembly a reproductive health care data report each December 1, beginning in 2025; and requiring the report to include the aggregated cost data for certain categories of care, comparative data by region within the State, analysis of trends in the cost of care, and recommendations for improving cost efficiency.

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Bill History

2/3/2025
First Reading Finance
Senate
2/6/2025
Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/3/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 3

Primary Sponsor

Mary Carozza
Mary Carozza
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/5/2025102.6 KB