Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors
Sponsor: Lauren Arikan (District 7B)Committee: HealthSubject: Health OccupationsStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Prohibiting a licensed health care practitioner from prescribing, dispensing, or administering a cross-sex hormone or otherwise providing cross-sex hormone therapy for the treatment of a mental health diagnoses associated with gender nonconformity, including gender dysphoria, to an individual who is a minor.
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Testimony (115)
MGA witness listFAV 47FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 67Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Kelly, Dr. James | Association of American Physician & Surgeons | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | DeMinco, Lynne | BCRW | Position only |
| FAV | Bullard, Alice | Bullard Esq. Law | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Abernathy, Claire | IWF | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cavey, Kenneth | Mom's For Liberty Howard County Chapter | Position only |
| FAV | Greenhawk, Janet | Moms For Liberty Talbot | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dreisch, Susan | Moms for Liberty | Position only |
| FAV | MULLICAN, Brigitta | Private | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Royer, Ismail | Religious Freedom Institute | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wieland, Tom | Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md. | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rak, Ali | State Freedom Caucus Network | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Adams, Jennifer | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Amaya Price, Simon | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Arikan, Lauren | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brocato, Deborah | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Arikan, Delegate Arikanlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Downes, Glenna | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Esko, Rebekah | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Foust, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Geelhaar, Glen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gibbons, Sarah | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Hart, Kit | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Hinkhaus, Shannon | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | John, John | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kapper, Jill | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lanocha, Cristina | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lipko, Seth | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Macdonald, Gregg | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Macdonald, Terry | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | McShane, Jolie | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Meehan, Rachael | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mosley, Prisha | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Nelson, Mary | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Parsons, John | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Reed, Jamie | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Rosa, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ruhlman, Kelly | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Simeone, Lisa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Tier OKeefe, Natalie | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Wenstrup, Michelle | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Young, Ashley | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | smith, jill | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist | Advance Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | A., C. | BRIDGES Coalition (Baltimore Resources for Indoor Drug-use Grassroots Education & Safety) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Kerr, Samantha | Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Philip, Diana | Coalition to Protect Maryland's Children | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Stewart, Frances | Elders Climate Action Maryland | Position only |
| UNF | Murphy, JD | MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Browning, Jeremy | Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Faby, Dave | Moms For Liberty - Harford County | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Olmstead, Ellen | Montgomery College | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Estochen, Elizabeth | N/A | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Jasen, John | One Pasadena | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Elaine, Arndt | SELF | Position only |
| UNF | Blaha, Katherine | SURJ | Written (PDF) |
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Organizations on record
Advance MarylandUNF 1
BCRWFAV 1
Bullard Esq. LawFAV 1
individual residentUNF 1
IWFFAV 1
Moms for LibertyFAV 1
Montgomery CollegeUNF 1
N/AUNF 1
One PasadenaUNF 1
PrivateFAV 1
SelfUNF 1
SELFUNF 1
St. IgnatiusUNF 1
SURJUNF 1
Trans MarylandUNF 3
Registered lobbyists who testified
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…
UNFKrone, 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…