Measure would allow gay couples to deduct some health costs

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."