Maryland SB 890: Abortion Care Access Act

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SENATE BILL 890
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CF HB 937
By: Senators Kelley, Feldman, and Hettleman
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Finance and Budget and Taxation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 14, 2022

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Abortion Care Access Act 2

FOR the purpose of establishing the Abortion Clinical Care Training Program in the 3
Maryland Department of Health; establishing the Abortion Care Clinical Training 4
Program Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; 5
establishing and altering certain requirements regarding abortion services, 6
including requirements a requirement related to who may perform abortions in the 7
State and the provision and coverage of abortion care services by the Maryland 8
Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, 9
and health maintenance organizations; authorizing the Maryland Insurance 10
Commissioner to grant a certain exemption to certain abortion care service 11
requirements under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit 12
Exchange to adopt regulations to provide a certain subsidy to cover the cost of 13
insurance premiums for certain young adults; establishing certain requirements 14
regarding abortion care services, including provision and coverage requirements on 15
the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health 16
service plans, and health maintenance organizations; authorizing certain 17
organizations to obtain from certain entities an exclusion from certain abortion care 18
coverage and information requirements under certain circumstances; authorizing 19
the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to grant a certain exemption to certain 20
abortion care service requirements under certain circumstances; requiring the 21
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to adopt regulations to provide a certain subsidy 22
to cover the cost of insurance premiums for certain young adults; requiring the 23
Exchange to study extending last dollar coverage to certain enrollees; and generally 24

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relating to abortion care and coverage of health care services under the Maryland 1
Medical Assistance Program and health benefit plans. 2

BY adding to 3
Article – Health – General 4
Section 13–4401 through 13–4407 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 44. Abortion 5
Care Clinical Training Program”; and 15–103(a)(2)(xviii) 6
Annotated Code of Maryland 7
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 8

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9
Article – Health – General 10
Section 15–103(a)(1) 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 13

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
Article – Health – General 15
Section 15–103(a)(2)(xvi) and (xvii), 20–103, and 20–207 through 20–209 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 18

BY adding to 19
Article – Insurance 20
Section 15–857 21
Annotated Code of Maryland 22
(2017 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 23

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 24
Article – Insurance 25
Section 31–122 26
Annotated Code of Maryland 27
(2017 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 28

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 29
Article – State Finance and Procurement 30
Section 6–226(a)(2)(i) 31
Annotated Code of Maryland 32
(2021 Replacement Volume) 33

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 34
Article – State Finance and Procurement 35
Section 6–226(a)(2)(ii)144. and 145. 36
Annotated Code of Maryland 37
(2021 Replacement Volume) 38

BY adding to 39

SENATE BILL 890 3

Article – State Finance and Procurement 1
Section 6–226(a)(2)(ii)146. 2
Annotated Code of Maryland 3
(2021 Replacement Volume) 4

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 5
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 6

Article – Health – General 7

SUBTITLE 44. ABORTION CARE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM. 8

13–4401. 9

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 10
INDICATED. 11

(B) “FUND” MEANS THE ABORTION CARE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM 12
FUND. 13

(C) “PROGRAM” MEANS THE ABORTION CARE CLINICAL TRAINING 14
PROGRAM. 15

13–4402. 16

THERE IS AN ABORTION CARE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE 17
DEPARTMENT. 18

13–4403. 19

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROTECT ACCESS TO ABORTION CARE 20
BY ENSURING THAT THERE ARE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 21
TO PROVIDE ABORTION CARE. 22

13–4404. 23

(A) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONTRACT WITH A COORDINATING 24
ORGANIZATION TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. 25

(2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL USE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE