Bill to require statewide newborn nurse home visits amended to create work group and study existing programs

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 to the General Assembly by Dec. 31, 2025.