EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
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*hb1100*
HOUSE BILL 1100
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CF SB 684
By: Delegates White Holland, Bartlett, Fennell, Martinez, Pasteur, Pena–Melnyk,
Phillips, Roberson, Ruff, Taveras, Taylor, Wells, Wilkins, and Woods
Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2025
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Health – Health Equity Dashboard 2
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with 3
the Commission on Health Equity, to develop a health equity data dashboard; 4
requiring the Department to update the data dashboard at a certain frequency; and 5
generally relating to a health equity data dashboard. 6
BY adding to 7
Article – Health – General 8
Section 13–5501 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 55. Health Equity Dashboard” 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
Article – Health – General 14
SUBTITLE 55. HEALTH EQUITY DASHBOARD. 15
13–5501. 16
(A) (1) THE DEPARTMENT , IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSION 17
ON HEALTH EQUITY, SHALL DEVELOP A CLEA R AND EASY –TO–UNDERSTAND 18
GRAPHIC DATA DASHBOA RD THAT INCLUDES AGE–ADJUSTED HEALTH DISPARITY 19
DATA DISAGGREGATED BY RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER . 20
(2) THE DATA DASHBOARD SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION 21
REGARDING THE FOLLOWING HEALTH INDICATORS: 22 2 HOUSE BILL 1100
(I) HEALTH INSURANCE ACCESS ; 1
(II) CARDIOVASCULAR DISEAS E; 2
(III) CHRONIC DISEASE; 3
(IV) MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ; 4
(V) CANCER; 5
(VI) HIV/AIDS; 6
(VII) SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIO N; AND 7
(VIII) ANY OTHER HEALTH INDICATORS DETERMINE D RELEVANT 8
BY THE DEPARTMENT . 9
(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL : 10
(1) UPDATE THE DATA DASHB OARD DEVELOPED UNDER SUBSECTION 11
(A) OF THIS SECTION AT LEAST EVERY 30 DAYS; AND 12
(2) POST THE MOST RECENT UPDATED DATA DASHBOARD 13
PROMINENTLY ON ITS W EBSITE. 14
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15
October 1, 2025. 16