Legislative Priorities

Our 2025 Care Agenda

• Alzheimer's Treatment and Public Health Surveillance (HB 1004/ SB 748)

  Sponsored by Delegate Martinez and Senator Kramer

  It is estimated that Maryland has the highest prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in the country. This legislation will raise awareness about Alzheimer's and improve data collection, lending insight into Maryland residents' Alzheimer's incidences and outcomes.

• Safe Staffing Act of 2025 (HB 905/ SB 720)

  Sponsored by Delegate Jennifer White Holland and Senator Malcolm Augustine

  Maryland hospitals face critical staffing shortages. This legislation will establish safe staffing committees at each hospital that will address concerns about unsafe staff to patient ratios.

• Nursing Home Care Crisis Transparency Act (HB 933/ SB 679)

  Sponsored by Delegate Martinez and Senator Rosapepe

  Many nursing homes face critical staffing shortages, leading to high staff turnover and impacting quality of care. But there is little transparency into, and oversight over, nursing home spending. This bill will improve nursing homes’ fiscal transparency and ensure that a fair share of nursing home revenue is spent on resident care and workers' wages.

• Interested Parties Advisory Group (HB 1142/ SB 920)

  Sponsored by Delegate Heather Bagnall and Senator Dawn Gile

  This legislation will establish an Interested Parties Advisory Group (IPAG) that will provide recommendations for provider reimbursement rates. The IPAG, led by the Department of Health, will include workers, consumers, community service providers, and State Medicaid officials.

• Home Care Services Search and Match Tool (HB 1478)

  Sponsored by Delegate Terri Hill

  Maryland’s Medicaid wait list for home care is the third longest in the country, with over 26,000 individuals on it. This legislation creates the Home Care Search and Match Tool, a dashboard to help people seeking care connect to a home care worker that meets their needs.