2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB1059: Health - Maryland Helping Everyone Afford Life-Saving Treatments and Health Care (HEALTH) Fund and Income Tax Checkoff

Legislative Summary

Establishing the Helping Everyone Afford Life-Saving Treatments and Health Care (HEALTH) Fund to assist Maryland Medical Assistance Program enrollees and insured individuals with heath care costs associated with services and benefits provided under State law that are subject to federal restrictions; requiring certain individuals to provide evidence of need for certain health care assistance; requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax return forms for voluntary contributions to the Fund; etc.

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Bill History

2/5/2025
First Reading Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
House of Delegates
2/26/2025
Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
House of Delegates
2/26/2025
Hearing 2/27 at 2:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/5/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Health and Government Operations(House of Delegates)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/5/2025109.5 KB