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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland Senate Bill 785 requires abortion training recommendations and health insurance ACA segregated account reporting
Last action · March 16, 2026: Withdrawn by SponsorSponsor: Guy Guzzone
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What This Bill Proposed
Maryland SB 785 requires the annual report on the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program to include recommendations on ensuring a sufficient number of abortion care professionals in the state. It also requires the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to collect data on certain Affordable Care Act from insurers and and report the findings annually to legislative committees beginning July 1, 2026.
Insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and must submit specific financial and account data for federal health care , and state health officials must provide legislative recommendations on health professional staffing levels.
- The Abortion Care Clinical Training Program is an established state program subject to annual reporting requirements. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Insurers and nonprofit health service plans
Insurers and nonprofit health service plans must submit annual data on receipts, disbursements, ending balances, and interest for specific federal ACA segregated accounts.
Health maintenance organizations
Health maintenance organizations must report financial data regarding designated federal ACA segregated accounts to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner.
Senate Finance Committee and House Health Committee
The committees receive the annual aggregate data report compiled by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner.
Key Facts
- The Department must include recommendations in its annual Abortion Care Clinical Training Program report on ensuring a sufficient number of health professionals to provide abortion care in the state.
- The Maryland Insurance Commissioner must annually collect data on receipts, disbursements, ending balances, and interest for segregated accounts from insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations.
- Data collection applies to segregated accounts established under § 1303(b)(2)(B) and (C) of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 45 C.F.R. § 156.280.
- The Maryland Insurance Commissioner must submit an annual report on the aggregate data to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health Committee on or before January 1 each year.
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- The annual report to legislative committees must use data collected for the calendar year that is 2 years immediately preceding January 1 of the report year.
Frequently Asked Questions
What new information must be included in the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program report?
Which entities are required to provide segregated account data to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner?
When is the Maryland Insurance Commissioner required to report the collected data to legislative committees?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
6 actions- Mar 16, 2026SenateWithdrawn by Sponsor
- Mar 5, 2026SenateHearing canceled
- Mar 4, 2026SenateHearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 4, 2026SenateHearing canceled
- Feb 12, 2026SenateHearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Finance
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Cross-Chamber Companion Bill
This Senate bill is paired with companion bill HB 1159 in the legislative session.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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