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HB 871

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Health Services Cost Review Commission - Community Benefits - Community Health Worker Workforce Program

Sponsor: Heather Bagnall (District 33C)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Health Care Facilities and RegulationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the definition of 'community benefit' to include a community health worker workforce program which is intended to provide services to patients of a nonprofit hospital and to improve health outcomes; authorizing a nonprofit hospital and a community-based organization to establish a community health worker workforce program; providing that a partnership that establishes a community health worker workforce program may be executed through a memorandum of understanding; establishing requirements for the memorandum of understanding; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 16FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVAmaya, LilianHealth Care for the HomelessOral
FAVDiamond, JoannaHealth Care for the HomelessWritten (PDF)
FAVDiamond, JoannaHealth Care for the HomelessWritten (PDF)
FAVFrey, LeslieMontgomery CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVWoolard, AshleyPublic Justice CenterOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWoolard, AshleyPublic Justice CenterWritten (PDF)
FAVEllington, PaullobbyistState and Local AdvisorsOral
FAVGlasser Maunganidze, NicolletteTSESSEBE TechnologiesWritten (PDF)
FAVGlasser Maunganidze, NicolletteTSESSEBE TechnologiesWritten (PDF)
FAVBagnall, HeatherIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBagnall, HeatherIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Bagnall, Delegate BagnalllegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Bagnall, Delegate BagnalllegislatorIndividualOral
FAVElliott, RobynlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVElliott, RobynlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRichardson, RobertaIndividualOral
UNFBogley, LauraMaryland Right to LifeOral + Written (PDF)
UNFBogley, LauraMaryland Right to LifeWritten (PDF)
FWANicklas, AndrewlobbyistMaryland Hospital AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
INFO(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFO(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVEllington, PaulState and Local AdvisorsRegistered for: Wicomico County, MD Executive Office; Greater Crisfield Action Committee; Glenn L Martin Maryland Aviation Museum; Maryland Aviation Council; Worcester County Maryland; Optimize Renewables
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
FWANicklas, AndrewMaryland Hospital AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.