Baltimore City Council
File #: 25-0013    Version: 0 Name: Child Health – Equitable Access to Health Services in City Schools
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 1/27/2025 In control: Public Health & Environment Committee
On agenda: 1/27/2025 Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Child Health – Equitable Access to Health Services in City Schools FOR the purpose of addressing disparities in child health care by expanding access to comprehensive health services for children across Baltimore City, including well-child preventive care and vaccines, family planning services, and dental services; providing for a referral to a vision or mental and behavioral health specialist at the written request of a specified individual; requiring, without prior approval, mandatory follow-up care for any positive or abnormal health screening; defining certain terms; generally relating to expanding access to health care for City students in school health centers and health suites; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: Phylicia Porter, Ryan Dorsey, Mark Conway, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Sharon Green Middleton, James Torrence, Paris Gray, John Bullock, Jermaine Jones, Odette Ramos, Zeke Cohen
Attachments: 1. 25-0013~1st Reader, 2. 25-0013 Amendment, 3. Law 25-0013, 4. BCHD - 25-0013 – Presentation, 5. Synopsis 25-0013