Public Health and Health Insurance - Access to Abortion Care - Reporting Requirements

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SENATE BILL 785
J1, J5, J4 6lr3036
CF HB 1159
By: Senator Guzzone
Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2026
Assigned to: Finance

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Public Health and Health Insurance – Access to Abortion Care – Reporting 2
Requirements 3

FOR the purpose of requiring that the annual report on the Abortion Care Clinical Training 4
Program include certain recommendations; requir ing the Maryland Insurance 5
Commissioner to collect certain data on certain segregated accounts established 6
under the federal Affordable Care Act and certain federal regulations from certain 7
insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations and 8
submit a certain report to certain committees on or before a certain date each year; 9
and generally relating to abortion care. 10

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 11
Article – Health – General 12
Section 13–4701(a) and (c) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 16
Article – Health – General 17
Section 13–4707 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 20

BY adding to 21
Article – Insurance 22
Section 15–148 23
Annotated Code of Maryland 24
(2017 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 25

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 26
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 27
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Article – Health – General 1

13–4701. 2

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 3

(c) “Program” means the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program. 4

13–4707. 5

On or before July 1 each year, the Department shall submit an annual report on the 6
Program to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, 7
the General Assembly, THAT INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS ON ACTIONS THE STATE 8
CAN TAKE TO ENSURE T HAT THERE ARE A SUFF ICIENT NUMBER OF HEA LTH 9
PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE ABORTION CARE IN THE STATE. 10

Article – Insurance 11

15–148. 12

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES WITH RESPECT TO: 13

(1) INSURERS AND NONPROF IT HEALTH SERVICE PL ANS THAT 14
PROVIDE HOSPITAL, MEDICAL, OR SURGICAL BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS 15
ON AN EXPENSE –INCURRED BASIS UNDER HEALTH INSURANCE P OLICIES OR 16
CONTRACTS THAT ARE ISSUED OR DELIVERED IN THE STATE; AND 17

(2) HEALTH MAINTENANCE O RGANIZATIONS THAT PR OVIDE 18
HOSPITAL, MEDICAL, OR SURGICAL BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS UNDER 19
CONTRACTS THAT ARE ISSUED OR DELIVERED IN THE STATE. 20

(B) (1) EACH YEAR , THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CO LLECT DATA FROM 21
THE ENTITIES SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION ON R ECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS, ENDING 22
BALANCES, AND INTEREST FOR SEG REGATED ACCOUNTS EST ABLISHED UNDER § 23
1303(B)(2)(B) AND (C) OF THE FEDERAL PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE 24
CARE ACT AND 45 C.F.R. § 156.280. 25

(2) (I) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1 EACH YEAR , THE 26
COMMISSIONER SHALL RE PORT TO THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE 27
HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE 28
GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, ON THE AGGREGAT E DATA COLLECTED UND ER 29
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION. 30

SENATE BILL 785 3

(II) THE REPORT REQUIRED U NDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF 1
THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL USE DATA COLLECTED FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT IS 2
2 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING JANUARY 1 OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE REPORT 3
IS DUE. 4

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 5
1, 2026. 6