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House approves committee changes and special‑orders public health abortion grant program after extended Q&A on funding and eligibility
Summary
The House adopted committee amendments to create a Public Health Abortion Grant Program funded by insurer‑collected premiums and special‑ordered the bill for further consideration after substantive floor questions.
The House adopted committee amendments to House Bill 930 establishing a Public Health Abortion Grant Program administered by the Maryland Department of Health and special‑ordered the bill to the appropriate time tomorrow after extended floor questioning.
Floor exchanges clarified the source and scale of funds: the floor leader told members the premiums collected under federal rules amount to an estimated $3,000,000 annually and that approximately $25,000,000 had accrued over the past 15 years. The funding source arises from chargeable…
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