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Officials urge extension of maternal and child health fund to 2027 to sustain Medicaid programs (Senate Bill 213)
Summary
John Kromm (HSCRC) and Laura Goodman (MDH) asked the Finance Committee to extend the maternal and child health improvement fund’s sunset to Dec. 31, 2027, to sustain Medicaid and public-health programs shown to improve maternal and infant outcomes.
John Kromm, executive director of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, and Laura Goodman, deputy director of the Medicaid Office of Innovation, Research and Development at the Maryland Department of Health, testified Jan. 15 in strong support of Senate Bill 213. The bill would change the maternal and child health improvement fund’s sunset date from Dec. 31, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2027, allowing the department to continue and scale programs that align with Maryland’s total cost of care and AHEAD models.
Why it matters: The fund, established in 2021 through budget reconciliation and financing legislation, has supported Medicaid-led interventions and public-health programs intended to reduce severe maternal morbidity, childhood asthma and related disparities. Kromm said HSCRC has allocated $40,000,000 to maternal and child health interventions to date and projects a…
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