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HOUSE BILL 373
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HB 276/24 – HGO
By: Delegates Grammer, Arikan, Chisholm, Fisher, M. Morgan, Nawrocki, and
Szeliga
Introduced and read first time: January 16, 2025
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Health – Abortion Data – Submission to the Centers for Disease Control and 2
Prevention 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health to submit to the Centers 4
for Disease Control and Prevention any data regarding abortion requested by the 5
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unless submitting the data would 6
violate federal or State law; and generally relating to the submission of abortion data 7
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 8
BY adding to 9
Article – Health – General 10
Section 20–217 to be under the new part “Part V. Reporting Requirements” 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – Health – General 16
20–215. RESERVED. 17
20–216. RESERVED. 18
PART V. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS . 19
20–217. 20
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(A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTI ON (B) OF THIS SECTION , THE 1
DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBM IT TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND 2
PREVENTION ANY DATA R EGARDING ABORTION RE QUESTED BY THE CENTERS FOR 3
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 4
(B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY REFUSE TO SUBMIT DAT A REQUESTED UNDER 5
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION IF S UBMITTING THE DATA W OULD BE IN 6
VIOLATION OF FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. 7
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 8
October 1, 2025. 9