HB 1109

Public Health Reform Act

Sponsor: Chair, Health CommitteeCommittee: HealthSubject: Public HealthStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 190 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to organize the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps; requiring the Department to notify each health officer for a county of a certain procurement to offer the opportunity for the county health department to join the procurement; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to develop a process to assess the health equity impacts of relevant legislation; requiring the Department to convene a workgroup to review local health department recruiting and classification processes; etc.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list

FAV 8FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bagnall, Heather	Delegate Heather Bagnall	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	Murphy, JD	MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)	Position only
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chair, Health Committee, Chair, Health Committee	Individual	Oral
FAV	Vetter, Drew	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	York, Katie	Individual	Position only
UNF	Bogley, Laura	Maryland Right to Life	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Brocato, Deborah	Individual	Position only
FWA	Phillips, Dana	Department of Budget and Management	Written (PDF)
FWA	Anderson, Karrington	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Written (PDF)
FWA	Sierra, Anna	Maryland Department of Emergency Management	Written (PDF)
FWA	Lynch, Meghan	Maryland Department of Health	Written (PDF)
FWA	Sullivan, Meg	Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Services	Oral
FWA	Maryland, State of	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Brewster, Meenakshi G.	be Maryland Commission on Public Health	Oral
INFO	Ferrell, Valerie	Individual	Written (PDF)