Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB1315: Vaccinations by Pharmacists and Health Insurance Coverage for Immunizations
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
Altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist may administer, subject to certain requirements, to an individual of at least a certain age; and altering the vaccinations included in the minimum package of child wellness services for which certain health insurers and nonprofit health service plans are required to provide coverage to include those recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of December 31, 2024.
What the bill says
An act concerning Health Insurance - Vaccinations by Pharmacists and Health Insurance Coverage for Child Wellness Services - Immunizations FOR the purpose of altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist may administer, subject to certain requirements, to an individual of at least a certain age; altering the vaccinations included in the minimum package of child wellness services for which certain health insurers and nonprofit health service plans are required to provide coverage; and generally relating to health insurance coverage for child wellness services immunizations…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Health Insurance - Vaccinations by Pharmacists and Health Insurance Coverage for Child Wellness Services - Immunizations FOR the purpose of altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist may administer, subject to certain requirements, to an individual of at least a certain age; altering the vaccinations included in the minimum package of child wellness services for which certain health insurers and nonprofit health service plans are required to provide coverage; and generally relating to health insurance coverage for child wellness services immunizations. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Health Occupations Section 12-508 Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Insurance Section 15-817(a), (b), and (f) Annotated Code of Maryland (2017 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Insurance Section 15-817(c) Annotated Code of Maryland (2017 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Insurance Section 15-817(g) 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 Occupations 12-508. Ch. 738 2025 LAWS OF MARYLAND (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, a pharmacist may order and administer a vaccination to an individual who is …