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HB 588

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Community Action Agencies - Provision of Feminine Hygiene Products

Sponsor: Heather Bagnall (District 33C)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 725 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring certain community action agencies, in collaboration with appropriate local health departments, to make available to any women enrolled in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program feminine hygiene products in an amount sufficient to meet the needs of the woman obtaining the feminine hygiene products, subject to the availability of certain funding; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill funding in an amount estimated to be sufficient for providing feminine hygiene products as required by the Act.

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Testimony (25)

MGA witness list
FAV 20FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVJamison, RasheedaMaryland Community Action PartnershipOral
FAVMartin, AngelaMaryland Community Action PartnershipOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMartin, AngelaMaryland Community Action PartnershipWritten (PDF)
FAVBogdan, HenrylobbyistMaryland NonprofitsPosition only
FAVFrey, LeslieMontgomery CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVFrey, LeslieMontgomery CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVPercy, DavionlobbyistPercy Public AffairsOral
FAVSiri, MichellelobbyistThe Women's Law Center of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVSiri, MichellelobbyistThe Women's Law Center of MarylandPosition only
FAVBagnall, HeatherIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVBagnall, HeatherIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVChitalia, SuhaniIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Bagnall, Delegate BagnalllegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Bagnall, Delegate BagnalllegislatorIndividualOral
FAVElliott, RobynlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVElliott, RobynlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKasemeyer, PamIndividualPosition only
FAVKhan, SaaraIndividualOral
FAVMiller Smith, NoraIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMiller Smith, NoraIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFDuffy, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
UNFDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
UNFElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
UNFWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
FWA(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits
FAVPercy, DavionPercy Public AffairsRegistered for: Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc.; City of Seat Pleasant; Maryland Community Action Partnership; Prince George's County Chamber of Commerce; Retail Energy Supply Association, The; Luminis Health
FAVSiri, MichelleThe Women's Law Center of MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Legal Services Corporation; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.
FAVSiri, MichelleThe Women's Law Center of MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Legal Services Corporation; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.
FAVElliott, RobynRegistered for: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists; Amica Center for Immigrant Rights; CareForth; Chase Brexton Health System; Coordinating Center, The; Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition
FAVElliott, RobynRegistered for: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists; Amica Center for Immigrant Rights; CareForth; Chase Brexton Health System; Coordinating Center, The; Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition