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Maryland bill would codify public "health equity" dashboard, update reporting cadence
Summary
A bill before the House Health and Government Operations Committee would require the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Commission on Health Equity to maintain a public, user-friendly health equity dashboard; sponsors accepted a department amendment to change updates from every 30 days to quarterly.
Delegate Jennifer White Holland on Friday introduced House Bill 1100, which would require the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with the Maryland Commission on Health Equity, to develop and maintain a publicly accessible health equity dashboard tracking age-adjusted disparities by race, ethnicity and gender.
The bill’s sponsor, Delegate Jennifer White Holland, told the Health and Government Operations Committee the dashboard would include key indicators such as chronic disease, health insurance access, mental health and…
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