Judicial Proceedings Committee chair says the bill would be ‘one or two’ votes shy of progressing to the Senate floor.
Some lawmakers worry the state is usurping local zoning authority.
Senate president has previously said he suspected the bill would receive a full Senate vote this year. Now he appears less sure.
The immigrant health bill passed the House last year but was bottled up in the Senate in the final days of the 2023 session.
If HB 728 becomes law, the bill would prompt the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to apply for a federal waiver in order to let undocumented migrants use the exchange.
Colleges, nonprofit organizations and agencies will receive money for suicide prevention, family counseling and other services.
The poll results give an idea of how Marylanders feel about medical aid-in-dying, as state lawmakers try to pass the legislation once again.
The war on drugs has only made things worse, the author writes.
‘Women’s rights and trans justice are parallel struggles in the fight for bodily autonomy, and that protection needs clarity,’ Jamie Grace Alexander with Trans Rights Advocacy Coalition said.
Among the priorities: Tackling long emergency room wait times, participating in a new federal health care program and adjusting reimbursement rates for care at Md. hospitals.