Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents
What this bill does
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish certain specialized clinics for the management and treatment of sickle cell disease and establish a scholarship program for medical residents who specialize in benign or classical hematology with a focus on sickle cell disease; and requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2027 to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $6,000,000 to support clinic operations, staffing, training, and social support services.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (0)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Banks, Cindy | In His Service/Chicamuxen UMC | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hoffman, Teanika | Sickle Cell Coalition of Maryland | Oral |
| FAV | (MD), State of Maryland | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Baker, Francine | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Patterson, Delegate Pattersonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Patterson, Edith | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Robertson, Derek | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Williams, Rudolph | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Frey, Leslie | Montgomery County | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Lynch, Meghan | Maryland Department of Health | Written (PDF) |