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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health Insurance - Coverage for Fertility Awareness-Based Methods"
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description: "Health Insurance - Coverage for Fertility Awareness-Based Methods"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 249"
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citation: "Maryland HB 249 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Education", "Health", "Health Insurance", "Health Maintenance Organizations", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Patients", "Reproductive Matters"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kipke"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-19"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/573cc3a7-cd02-4cea-9ec7-99e3db6cbce4"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB249&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "d82f201f64fb0fda2b2c173bc9a3fe68817c6bce97c613522c42b8e2f94e5494"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 249 (2018) — Health Insurance - Coverage for Fertility Awareness-Based Methods
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0249f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kipke — primary (person)
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- Angel — cosponsor (person)
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- Barron — cosponsor (person)
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- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
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- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
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- Platt — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-19** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-21** Favorable with Amendments {166386/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-02-23** Third Reading Passed (131-0) `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Returned Passed
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- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/573cc3a7-cd02-4cea-9ec7-99e3db6cbce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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