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Votes at a glance: Health and Government Operations Committee advances a package of health-related bills
Summary
The committee advanced a series of health-related bills on March 27, 2025; most measures passed unanimously or with minimal opposition. Items include veterans notations on IDs, unclaimed veterans' remains procedures, calcium score insurance coverage, mental health terminology updates, and hospital finance measures.
The Health and Government Operations Committee on March 27 advanced a broad set of health-related bills, most by unanimous voice vote or without extended debate. Committee members moved and seconded each bill in sequence; the committee recorded opposition by name on a small number of measures. Below are the bills taken up and the committee’s recorded dispositions.
Votes at a glance
- Senate Bill 48 (Department of General Services identification cards — veteran notation): favorable; committee recorded unanimous passage on voice vote.
- Senate Bill 57 (funeral establishments, crematories and disposition of unclaimed veterans' remains): favorable; committee recorded the bill passed. The Senate vote had been 47–0.
- Senate Bill 60 (Maryland Medical Assistance Program and health insurance — calcium score testing coverage): favorable; passed with named opposition noted (Delegates Shaliga, Chisholm, Morgan, Riley were listed during the vote call as opposing earlier or on related items).
- Senate Bill 67…
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