# Maryland HB 1306: Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents

Maryland HB 1306, Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Edith J. Patterson (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-03-08 (Hearing 3/10 at 11:30 a.m.) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 1306
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Last action: 2025-03-08, Hearing 3/10 at 11:30 a.m.
- Sponsor: Edith J. Patterson (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 25
- Subjects: Public Health, Appropriations, Awareness and Outreach, Budgets -see also- Capital Budgets, Clinics, Community Facilities and Services, Data -see also- Census; Demographics, Eastern Shore, Genetics, Governor, Harford County, Health -see also- COVID19; EnvHlth; MedCon; etc., Health, Department of, Health Occupations -see also- (specific health occupations), Intergovernmental Cooperation -see also- AdmAgn; Cmts; etc., Medical Conditions -see also- AIDS; COVID-19; rabies, Medical Schools, Medical Treatments, Mental and Behavioral Health -see also- Aut; Cogn; Dev; etc., Montgomery County, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits -see also- FoodStmps; Housing; MedAsst, Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records, Remote Access, Reports, Revenue and Taxes -see also- (specific tax), Scholarships and Student Financial Aid, Students, Telecommunications and Information Technology
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Edith J. Patterson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jackie Addison (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tiffany T. Alston (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: J. Sandy Bartlett (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrian Boafo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Regina T. Boyce (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jon S. Cardin (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Terri L. Hill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marvin E. Holmes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Julian Ivey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jeffrie E. Long (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Anne R. Kaiser (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Aletheia McCaskill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Susan K. McComas (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bernice Mireku-North (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cheryl E. Pasteur (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: N. Scott Phillips (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kent Roberson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Malcolm P. Ruff (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kym Taylor (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Karen Toles (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Veronica Turner (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Melissa Wells (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jennifer White Holland (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Wims (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jamila J. Woods (Democratic), House

## Actions (6)

- 2025-03-08: Hearing 3/10 at 11:30 a.m. (House)
- 2025-03-08: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-02-12: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-02-07: First Reading Health and Government Operations (House)

## Bill text

- First Reading, 2025-02-07: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1306f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1306f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1306-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).