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*hb1487*
HOUSE BILL 1487
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By: Delegate Wells
Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026
Assigned to: Health
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Health – Baltimore City Mobile Infant and Maternal Health Pilot 2
Program 3
FOR the purpose of establishing the Baltimore City Mobile Infant and Maternal Health 4
Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Secretary t o 5
consult with the Baltimore City Health Department in the development and 6
implementation of the Program; and generally relating to the Baltimore City Mobile 7
Infant and Maternal Health Pilot Program. 8
BY adding to 9
Article – Health – General 10
Section 13 –5901 through 13 –5905 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 59. 11
Baltimore City Mobile Infant and Maternal Health Pilot Program” 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Health – General 17
SUBTITLE 59. BALTIMORE CITY MOBILE INFANT AND MATERNAL HEALTH PILOT 18
PROGRAM. 19
13–5901. 20
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 21
INDICATED. 22
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(B) “MOBILE HEALTH UNIT ” MEANS A MOTOR VEHICLE EQUI PPED TO 1
DELIVER HEALTH SERVI CES, INCLUDING PRIMARY CA RE, SCREENINGS, AND 2
PREVENTIVE SERVICES, DIRECTLY TO UNDERSER VED OR VULNERABLE 3
COMMUNITIES. 4
(C) “MOMMOBILE” MEANS THE BALTIMORE CITY MOBILE INFANT AND 5
MATERNAL HEALTH PILOT PROGRAM. 6
13–5902. 7
THERE IS A BALTIMORE CITY MOBILE INFANT AND MATERNAL HEALTH 8
PILOT PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT. 9
13–5903. 10
THE PURPOSE OF MOMMOBILE IS TO USE MOBILE HEALTH UN ITS TO BRING 11
POSTPARTUM CARE DIRECTLY TO BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOODS TO: 12
(1) DELIVER POSTPARTUM CH ECKUPS, MENTAL HEALTH 13
SCREENINGS, AND CARE COORDINATION; 14
(2) ALLOW HEALTH CARE PRO VIDERS, INCLUDING MIDWIVES A ND 15
DOULAS, TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; 16
(3) REDUCE TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS AND IMPROVE 17
POSTPARTUM VISIT ATTENDANCE; 18
(4) IMPROVE THE IDENTIFIC ATION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RISKS 19
AND SUPPORT REFERRAL S TO SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY PROGRA MS IN 20
BALTIMORE CITY; AND 21
(5) IDENTIFY KEY METRICS THAT CAN BE USED TO ASSESS MATERNAL 22
HEALTH OUTCOMES. 23
13–5904. 24
THE SECRETARY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH 25
DEPARTMENT, SHALL DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING FOR MOMMOBILE: 26
(1) THE TIME FRAME AND ST EPS NECESSARY TO EST ABLISH 27
MOMMOBILE; 28
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(2) THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF BALTIMORE CITY IN WHICH 1
MOMMOBILE WILL OPERATE; 2
(3) FUNDING SUPPORT FOR MOMMOBILE, INCLUDING 3
ESTABLISHING PARTNER SHIPS TO USE EXISTIN G MOBILE HEALTH UNIT S IN 4
BALTIMORE CITY; 5
(4) THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT MOMMOBILE; 6
(5) SERVICES THAT WILL BE OFFERED THROUGH MOMMOBILE; 7
(6) A PLAN TO STAFF THE MOBILE HEALTH UNITS WITH APPROPRIATE 8
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR THE SERVICES IDENTIFIED UNDER ITEM (5) OF THIS 9
SECTION; AND 10
(7) A PLAN TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MOMMOBILE, 11
INCLUDING FEEDBACK FROM HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS. 12
13–5905. 13
ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1 EACH YEAR , BEGINNING IN 2027, THE 14
SECRETARY SHALL REPOR T TO THE GOVERNOR AND , IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 15
2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE 16
AND THE HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MOMMOBILE. 17
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18
October 1, 2026. 19