Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB1251: Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act)
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
Requiring certain hospitals to adopt certain policies relating to obstetric services and to provide evidence to the Maryland Department of Health that the hospital has the policies; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain policies to the public on request; and requiring insurers that issue or deliver medical professional liability insurance policies in the State to provide the Maryland Department of Health, on request, with information regarding the insurer's policy regarding coverage of obstetric services.
What the bill says
An act concerning Health Care Facilities Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act) FOR the purpose of requiring certain health care facilities hospitals to adopt and provide evidence to the Maryland Department of Health that the health care facility hospital has a certain policy certain policies relating to obstetric services; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain policies to the public on request…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Health Care Facilities Hospitals and Medical Professional Liability Insurers - Obstetric Services Policies (Doula and Birth Policy Transparency Act) FOR the purpose of requiring certain health care facilities hospitals to adopt and provide evidence to the Maryland Department of Health that the health care facility hospital has a certain policy certain policies relating to obstetric services; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain policies to the public on request; requiring insurers that issue or deliver medical professional liability insurance policies in the State, on request, to provide the Maryland Department of Health with information regarding the insurer's policy regarding coverage of obstetric services; and generally relating to obstetric services. BY adding to Article - Health - General Section 19-2601 and 19-2602 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 26. Health Care Facility Hospital Obstetric Services Policy" Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Insurance Section 19-104.1 Annotated Code of Maryland (2017 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Health - General SUBTITLE 26. HEALTH CARE FACILITY HOSPITAL OBSTETRIC SERVICES POLICY. 19-2601. (A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED. (B) "FREESTANDING AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY" HAS …