Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1365: Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Altering the membership of the State Advisory Council on Health and Wellness; requiring certain health occupations boards to grant a certain number of hours for every hour of continuing education for menopause and menopause-associated symptoms; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the evaluation and management of menopause and menopause-associated conditions; requiring the Maryland Commission for Women to conduct a certain evaluation; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Health Occupations and, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training and Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care FOR the purpose of altering the membership of the State Advisory Council on Health and Wellness; requiring health occupations boards that require licensees or certificate holders to complete certain continuing education to grant a certain number of hours for every hour of continuing education for menopause and menopause-associated symptoms…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Health Occupations and, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training and Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care FOR the purpose of altering the membership of the State Advisory Council on Health and Wellness; requiring health occupations boards that require licensees or certificate holders to complete certain continuing education to grant a certain number of hours for every hour of continuing education for menopause and menopause-associated symptoms; authorizing certain health occupations boards to establish a maximum number of certain continuing education credits granted; requiring the Department to identify a certain training program in consultation with certain professional associations; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the evaluation and management of menopause and menopause-associated conditions; requiring the Maryland Commission for Women and the Maryland Department of Health to take certain actions related to perimenopausal, menopausal, and postmenopausal conditions; and generally relating to provider training and, health insurance coverage, policy initiatives, and access to care related to menopause. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Health - General Section 13-201 Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Health - General Section 13-203 Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article …