HB 1035

Health Insurance - Qualified Resident State Subsidy Program (Access to Care Act)

Sponsor: Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (District 21)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Health - InsuranceStatus: Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the purpose of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Fund to include the provision of funding for the establishment and operation of the Qualified Resident State Subsidy Program; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Program to provide State premium assistance and cost-sharing reductions to qualified residents; and providing that the implementation of the Program is contingent on approval of a certain waiver application.

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Testimony (52)

MGA witness list

FAV 49FavorableINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Dumais, Brige	1199SEIU UHE	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gilmore , Deniselobbyist	AFSCME Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Prom, Sosseh	African Communities Together	Written (PDF)
FAV	Beller, Joel	Baltimore County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Conner, Sandralobbyist	Baptist Ministers' Night Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity	Written (PDF)
FAV	LaRue, Michelle	CASA	Oral
FAV	Vaughan, Reganlobbyist	Catholic Charities of Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Guerrero Vazquez, Monica	Centro SOL	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dumais, Brige	End Medical Debt Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	Coble, Annie	Johns Hopkins	Written (PDF)
FAV	Taylor, Allisonlobbyist	Kaiser Permanente	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Peña-Melnyk, Joseline	MGA Delegate Pena-Melnyk	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kraska, MJ	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dorrien, Erinlobbyist	Maryland Hospital Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Written (PDF)
FAV	DeMartino, Mary Beth	National Association of Social Workers - Maryland Chapter	Position only
FAV	Anderson, Stephanielobbyist	O'Malley Miles, Nylen and Gilmore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blalock, Isabel	Planned Parenthood of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Muniak, Lindsey	Progressive Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Black, Ashley	Public Justice Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Atwood, Laura	Takoma Park Mobilization	Written (PDF)
FAV	Egan, Ashleylobbyist	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Beach, Jacqueline	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bloom, Tina	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Corty, Edward	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Pena-Melnyk, Delegate Pena-Melnyklegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Elliott, Robynlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Girdner, Linnie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Sarah	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Juberg, Arielle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Klapper, Stephanielobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Krone, Christinelobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Miller Smith, Nora	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Paul, Cathrynlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pereschuk, Alicia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rehr, Nathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sadil, Patrick	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shillenn, Rebecca	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Todd, Tamara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkins, Katherine	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, Alicia	Individual	Oral
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Eberle, Michele	Maryland Health Benefit Exchange	Position only
INFO	Fabian-Marks, Johanna	Maryland Health Benefit Exchange	Position only
INFO	(MD), State of Maryland	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

1199SEIU UHEFAV 1

African Communities TogetherFAV 1

AFSCME MarylandFAV 1

Baltimore County GovernmentFAV 1

Baptist Ministers' Night Conference of Baltimore and VicinityFAV 1

CASAFAV 1

Catholic Charities of BaltimoreFAV 1

Centro SOLFAV 1

End Medical Debt MarylandFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Johns HopkinsFAV 1

Kaiser PermanenteFAV 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

Maryland Health Benefit ExchangeINFO 2

Maryland Hospital AssociationFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland NonprofitsFAV 1

MGA Delegate Pena-MelnykFAV 1

National Association of Social Workers - Maryland ChapterFAV 1

O'Malley Miles, Nylen and GilmoreFAV 1

Planned Parenthood of MarylandFAV 1

Progressive MarylandFAV 1

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

UULM-MDFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGilmore , DeniseAFSCME MarylandRegistered for: AFSCME Maryland Council 3; AFSCME Council 3

FAVConner, SandraBaptist Ministers' Night Conference of Baltimore and VicinityRegistered for: Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, Inc.

FAVVaughan, ReganCatholic Charities of BaltimoreRegistered for: Catholic Charities

FAVTaylor, AllisonKaiser PermanenteRegistered for: Kaiser Permanente

FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy

FAVDorrien, ErinMaryland Hospital AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association

FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits

FAVAnderson, StephanieO'Malley Miles, Nylen and GilmoreRegistered for: Horizon Foundation of Howard County, Inc., The; Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, Inc.; Climate XChange; City of College Park; One Fair Wage; Arc of Prince George's County, The…

FAVEgan, AshleyUULM-MDRegistered for: UULM-MD

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…

FAVKlapper, StephanieRegistered for: Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, Inc.

FAVKrone, ChristineRegistered for: American Coatings Association; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; City of Rockville; Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, The, LLC (dba The Coordinating Center); Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.; LifeSpan Network…

FAVPaul, CathrynRegistered for: CASA de Maryland, Inc.