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Title: Price tag threatens medical bill in Maryland
Post by: LostInTime on March 02, 2007, 07:57:39 AM
Post by: LostInTime on March 02, 2007, 07:57:39 AM
Measure would allow gay couples to deduct some health costs (http://www.washblade.com/2007/3-2/news/localnews/10130.cfm)
A plan by lesbian Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery County) to require insurance companies to write policies that are inclusive of domestic partners and their children has not yet undergone the review.
And a plan to bar discrimination against transgender people in the areas of employment, housing, credit and public accommodations is expected to have a negligible effect on the state budget.
"Although the bill may result in additional cases for the judiciary, the Human Relations Commission and the office of Administrative Hearings," a fiscal note says, "any increase in workload is expected to be minimal and could be absorbed within existing resources."
A plan by lesbian Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery County) to require insurance companies to write policies that are inclusive of domestic partners and their children has not yet undergone the review.
And a plan to bar discrimination against transgender people in the areas of employment, housing, credit and public accommodations is expected to have a negligible effect on the state budget.
"Although the bill may result in additional cases for the judiciary, the Human Relations Commission and the office of Administrative Hearings," a fiscal note says, "any increase in workload is expected to be minimal and could be absorbed within existing resources."