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Committee OKs grant program to spend insurer segregated funds for abortion access
Summary
The Health and Government Operations Committee voted to establish a Public Health Abortion Grant Program using segregated funds held by insurers, with an initial $2 million gubernatorial allocation and detailed transfer and reporting deadlines.
The Health and Government Operations Committee voted to pass House Bill 930 on a bipartisan vote, creating a Public Health Abortion Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Health that will draw from segregated insurer accounts established under federal law to fund clinical abortion services.
The bill requires the state insurance commissioner to order transfers from carriers' segregated accounts by Sept. 1, 2025, and directs the governor to allocate $2,000,000 to the new special fund by Oct. 1, 2025, via budget amendment. Beginning in fiscal 2027 the governor must include in the annual budget an appropriation equal to at least 90% of the ending balance in the segregated accounts that exceeds disbursements after a 15‑month period, the bill says. An amendment adopted in subcommittee clarified that…
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