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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | 5 | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | 6 | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | 7 | amendment. | |
| 8 | - | Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments. | |
| 9 | 8 | *sb0684* | |
| 10 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 10 | SENATE BILL 684 | |
| 12 | - | J1 (5lr2218) | |
| 13 | - | ENROLLED BILL | |
| 14 | - | — Finance/Health and Government Operations — | |
| 15 | - | Introduced by Senator Augustine | |
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| 17 | - | Read and Examined by Proofreaders: | |
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| 19 | - | _______________________________________________ | |
| 20 | - | Proofreader. | |
| 21 | - | _______________________________________________ | |
| 22 | - | Proofreader. | |
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| 24 | - | Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this | |
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| 26 | - | _______ day of _______________ at _________________ _______ o’clock, ________M. | |
| 27 | - | ||
| 28 | - | ______________________________________________ | |
| 29 | - | President. | |
| 11 | + | J1 5lr2218 | |
| 12 | + | CF HB 1100 | |
| 13 | + | By: Senator Augustine | |
| 14 | + | Introduced and read first time: January 26, 2025 | |
| 15 | + | Assigned to: Finance | |
| 16 | + | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | + | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | + | Read second time: February 11, 2025 | |
| 30 | 19 | ||
| 31 | 20 | CHAPTER ______ | |
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| 33 | 22 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 34 | 23 | ||
| 35 | 24 | Public Health – Health Equity Dashboard 2 | |
| 36 | 25 | ||
| 37 | 26 | FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with 3 | |
| 38 | 27 | the Commission on Health Equity, to develop a health equity data dashboard; 4 | |
| 39 | 28 | requiring the Department to update the data dashboard at a certain frequency; and 5 | |
| 40 | 29 | generally relating to a health equity data dashboard. 6 | |
| 41 | 30 | ||
| 42 | 31 | BY adding to 7 | |
| 43 | 32 | Article – Health – General 8 | |
| 44 | 33 | Section 13–5501 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 55. Health Equity Dashboard” 9 | |
| 45 | 34 | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 | |
| 46 | 35 | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 | |
| 47 | 36 | ||
| 48 | 37 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 | |
| 49 | - | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 2 SENATE BILL 684 | |
| 38 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 | |
| 39 | + | ||
| 40 | + | Article – Health – General 14 | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | SUBTITLE 55. HEALTH EQUITY DASHBOARD. 15 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | 13–5501. 16 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (A) (1) THE DEPARTMENT , IN COLLABORATION WIT H THE COMMISSION 17 | |
| 47 | + | ON HEALTH EQUITY, SHALL DEVELOP A CLEA R AND EASY –TO–UNDERSTAND 18 2 SENATE BILL 684 | |
| 50 | 48 | ||
| 51 | 49 | ||
| 50 | + | GRAPHIC DATA DASHBOA RD THAT INCLUDES AGE–ADJUSTED HEALTH DISP ARITY 1 | |
| 51 | + | DATA DISAGGREGATED B Y RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER . 2 | |
| 52 | 52 | ||
| 53 | - | Article – Health – General 1 | |
| 53 | + | (2) THE DATA DASHBOARD SH ALL INCLUDE INFORMAT ION 3 | |
| 54 | + | REGARDING THE FOLLOW ING HEALTH INDICATOR S: 4 | |
| 54 | 55 | ||
| 55 | - | ||
| 56 | + | (I) HEALTH INSURANCE ACCE SS; 5 | |
| 56 | 57 | ||
| 57 | - | ||
| 58 | + | (II) CARDIOVASCULAR DISEAS E; 6 | |
| 58 | 59 | ||
| 59 | - | (A) (1) THE DEPARTMENT , IN COLLABORATION WIT H THE COMMISSION 4 | |
| 60 | - | ON HEALTH EQUITY, SHALL DEVELOP A CLEA R AND EASY –TO–UNDERSTAND 5 | |
| 61 | - | GRAPHIC DATA DASHBOA RD THAT INCLUDES AGE–ADJUSTED HEALTH DISP ARITY 6 | |
| 62 | - | DATA DISAGGREGATED B Y RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER . 7 | |
| 60 | + | (III) CHRONIC DISEASE; 7 | |
| 63 | 61 | ||
| 64 | - | (2) THE DATA DASHBOARD SH ALL INCLUDE INFORMAT ION 8 | |
| 65 | - | REGARDING THE FOLLOW ING HEALTH INDICATOR S: 9 | |
| 62 | + | (IV) MENTAL HEALTH AND SUB STANCE ABUSE ; 8 | |
| 66 | 63 | ||
| 67 | - | ( | |
| 64 | + | (V) CANCER; 9 | |
| 68 | 65 | ||
| 69 | - | ( | |
| 66 | + | (VI) HIV/AIDS; 10 | |
| 70 | 67 | ||
| 71 | - | ( | |
| 68 | + | (VII) SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION; AND 11 | |
| 72 | 69 | ||
| 73 | - | (IV) MENTAL HEALTH AND SUB STANCE ABUSE USE; 13 | |
| 70 | + | (VIII) ANY OTHER HEALTH INDI CATORS DETERMINED RE LEVANT 12 | |
| 71 | + | BY THE DEPARTMENT . 13 | |
| 74 | 72 | ||
| 75 | - | ( | |
| 73 | + | (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL : 14 | |
| 76 | 74 | ||
| 77 | - | (VI) HIV/AIDS; 15 | |
| 75 | + | (1) UPDATE THE DATA DASHB OARD DEVELOPED UNDER SUBSECTION 15 | |
| 76 | + | (A) OF THIS SECTION AT LEAST EVERY 30 DAYS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS , AS 16 | |
| 77 | + | DETERMINED BY DATA A VAILABILITY; AND 17 | |
| 78 | 78 | ||
| 79 | - | (VII) SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION; AND 16 | |
| 79 | + | (2) POST THE MOST RECENT UPDATED DATA DASHBOA RD 18 | |
| 80 | + | PROMINENTLY ON ITS W EBSITE. 19 | |
| 80 | 81 | ||
| 81 | - | (VIII) BODY MASS INDEX ; AND 17 | |
| 82 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20 | |
| 83 | + | October 1, 2025. 21 | |
| 82 | 84 | ||
| 83 | - | (IX) ANY OTHER HEALTH INDI CATORS DETERMINED RE LEVANT 18 | |
| 84 | - | BY THE DEPARTMENT . 19 | |
| 85 | - | ||
| 86 | - | (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL : 20 | |
| 87 | - | ||
| 88 | - | (1) UPDATE THE DATA DASHB OARD DEVELOPED UNDER SUBSECTION 21 | |
| 89 | - | (A) OF THIS SECTION AT LEAST EVERY 30 DAYS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS , AS 22 | |
| 90 | - | DETERMINED BY DATA A VAILABILITY; AND 23 | |
| 91 | - | ||
| 92 | - | (2) POST THE MOST RECENT UPDATED DATA DASHBOA RD 24 | |
| 93 | - | PROMINENTLY ON ITS WEBSITE. 25 | |
| 94 | - | ||
| 95 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 26 | |
| 96 | - | October 1, 2025. 27 |