SB 778

Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Children and Pregnant Women (Healthy Babies Equity Act)

Sponsor: Clarence K. Lam (District 12)Committee: FinanceSubject: Public HealthStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive medical care and other health care services to noncitizen pregnant women who would qualify for the Program but for their immigration status and their children up to the age of 1 year.

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Testimony (71)

MGA witness list

FAV 59FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 10UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Gilmore , Deniselobbyist	AFSCME Maryland	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	Boullon, Yaneldis	Catholic Charities Esperanza Center	Oral
FAV	Vaughan, Reganlobbyist	Catholic Charities of Baltimore	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Guerrero Vazquez, Monica	Centro SOL	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Riley, Shannon	Health Care for the Homeless	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Coble, Annie	Johns Hopkins	Written (PDF)
FAV	Taylor, Allisonlobbyist	Kaiser Permanente	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sims, Brianlobbyist	MHA	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hernandez, Felix	Mary's Center	Oral
FAV	Rosas, Ana	Mary's Center	Oral
FAV	Agalloco, Andrea	Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Polsky, Larry	Maryland Association of County Health Officers	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Connor, Patricia	Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Health Education and Advocacy Unit (HEAU)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Eck, Raimee	Maryland Public Health Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Frey, Leslie	Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Anderson, Stephanielobbyist	O'Malley Miles, Nylen and Gilmore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Valencia-Banks, Giuliana	Office of Baltimore County Executive’s	Oral
FAV	Mayhew, Kim	Perry White Ross & Jacobson	Written (PDF)
FAV	Robinson, Aisha	Primary Care Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Iverson, Jennifer	Prince George's Child Resource Center, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Muniak, Lindsey	Progressive Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Black, Ashley	Public Justice Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kleinman, Jan	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Payne, John	Sanctuary DMV	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	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Darragh, Kerry	The Horizon Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Siri, Michellelobbyist	The Women's Law Center of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Egan, Ashleylobbyist	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Adams, Joseph	www.NutritionAsMedicine.org	Written (PDF)
FAV	Abdullahi, Abdi	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	DeMarco, Vincentlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Elliott, Robynlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Girdner, Linnie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jasen, Debi	Individual	Position only
FAV	Johnson, Sarah	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Juberg, Arielle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lam, Clarence	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Loco, Sandra	Individual	Oral
FAV	Maryland, State of	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Paul, Cathrynlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sadil, Patrick	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Lam, Senator Lamlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Todd, Tamara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Walker, Keisha	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkins, Katherine	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, Alicia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, Lorraine	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Reichert-Price, Sarah	Allegany County Republican Women's Club	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

AFSCME MarylandFAV 1

Allegany County Republican Women's ClubUNF 1

Baltimore County GovernmentFAV 1

Baptist Ministers' Night Conference of Baltimore and VicinityFAV 1

CASAFAV 1

Catholic Charities Esperanza CenterFAV 1

Catholic Charities of BaltimoreFAV 1

Centro SOLFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Johns HopkinsFAV 1

Kaiser PermanenteFAV 1

Mary's CenterFAV 2

Mary's Center for Maternal and Child CareFAV 1

Maryland Association of County Health OfficersFAV 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

Maryland Department of HealthINFO 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland NonprofitsFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Health Education and Advocacy Unit (HEAU)FAV 1

Maryland Public Health AssociationFAV 1

MHAFAV 1

Moms for Liberty-AAC ChapterUNF 1

Montgomery CountyFAV 1

O'Malley Miles, Nylen and GilmoreFAV 1

Office of Baltimore County Executive’sFAV 1

Perry White Ross & JacobsonFAV 1

Primary Care CoalitionFAV 1

Prince George's Child Resource Center, Inc.FAV 1

Progressive MarylandFAV 1

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

Sanctuary DMVFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

The Horizon FoundationFAV 1

The Women's Law Center of MarylandFAV 1

UULM-MDFAV 1

www.NutritionAsMedicine.orgFAV 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

FAVSims, BrianMHARegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association

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

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…

FAVSiri, MichelleThe Women's Law Center of MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Legal Services Corporation; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.

FAVEgan, AshleyUULM-MDRegistered for: UULM-MD

FAVDeMarco, VincentRegistered for: Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, Inc.; Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund

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…

FAVPaul, CathrynRegistered for: CASA de Maryland, Inc.

FWAKraska, JennyRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference