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Bill to require statewide newborn nurse home visits amended to create work group and study existing programs
Summary
House Bill 334 was stripped of its original mandate to require a statewide nurse home‑visiting program and instead was amended to create a work group. The group will inventory existing home‑visiting programs, identify gaps and funding and workforce needs, and report findings to the General Assembly by Dec. 31, 2025.
House Bill 334, as introduced, would have required the Maryland Department of Health to establish a voluntary statewide program to provide universal newborn nurse home visiting services and would have required insurers and plans to cover the full cost of the provider. In subcommittee, members adopted amendments that removed the program mandate and instead created a work group to study existing newborn and postpartum home‑visiting programs, identify service gaps compared with evidence‑based nurse‑home‑visiting models, explore funding sources and workforce needs, and report recommendations…
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