Health Care and Reproductive Rights in the 2025 Session​

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Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act (HB 424/SB 357) -  Expand the Prescription Drug Affordability Board with authority to make limits on high drug costs to all Marylanders (currently only applies to state and local government employees.

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IVF and Contraception Shield Act of 2025 (SB 1) - Building on bills passed in recent years to protect health records about reproductive care from disclosure, this bill would alter the definition of 'legally protected health care' to include certain reproductive, fertility preservation, and contraceptive treatment, including medications and supplies. Adding them to the class of legally protected health care would prohibit their use in health occupations disciplinary actions and certain actions in criminal and civil proceedings and their use in furtherance of certain investigations and proceedings related to legally protected health care. Translation: This would assure that these records would be shielded from use by those who seek to outlaw this kind of care and/or prosecute individuals coming from other states for treatment in Maryland.

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For more information, please contact our Health Care Issue Lead at Healthcare@uulmmd.org​.

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