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Public Health - Medical Procedures - Parent or Guardian Notice (Maryland Parental Involvement Enhancement Act)

Sponsor: Mary Beth Carozza (District 38)Committee: FinanceSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the women on whom a physician is prohibited from performing an abortion without first providing notice to a parent or guardian of the woman; altering the circumstances under which a physician may perform certain medical procedures without first providing notice to a parent or guardian; and establishing a process for a certain individual to seek a judicial waiver of the requirement that a parent or guardian be notified of a medical procedure.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list
FAV 15FavorableUNF 7Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVNaleppa, PeggyExecutive CoachingWritten (PDF)
FAVBogley, LauraMaryland Right to LifeWritten (PDF)
FAVRoberts, EileenParents For LifeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVFinegan, MichaelPeninsula Mental Health ServicesWritten (PDF)
FAVBrocato, DeborahlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCarozza, Senator Mary BethIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
FAVDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
FAVElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
FAVEnnis, EllaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Carozza, Senator CarozzalegislatorIndividualOral
FAVStevens, LindIndividualPosition only
FAVTalkington, MichelleIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
FAVmcavoy, vinceIndividualPosition only
UNFElalamy, SaraMaryland JudiciaryWritten (PDF)
UNFBritt, AdienaN/APosition only
UNFRuth, LaureWomen's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFElliott, RobynlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFFinnegan, NIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFJasen, DebiIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFKasemeyer, PamIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBrocato, DeborahRegistered for: Maryland Right to Life, Inc.
UNFElliott, 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