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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="15-136" title_number="15" title_name="Public Institutions of Higher Education" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “public senior higher education institution” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The constituent institutions of the University System of Maryland;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Morgan State University; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>St. Mary’s College of Maryland.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Public senior higher education institution” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The University of Maryland Global Campus.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, on or before August 1, 2024, each public senior higher education institution, in consultation with students, shall develop and implement a reproductive health services plan to provide at the public senior higher education institution or to refer students to a comprehensive range of reproductive health services.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In lieu of developing and implementing a plan under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the University of Baltimore shall provide students with access to over–the–counter contraception through on–campus retail establishments or vending machines.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The plan required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The provision of or referral to off–campus services for obtaining:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>All methods of federal Food and Drug Administration–approved contraception, including prescription emergency contraception;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Prevention and treatment services for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV prevention; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Abortion care services;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>24–hour access to over–the–counter contraception through the student health center, retail establishments on campus, or vending machines;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The availability of evidence–based reproductive health education services provided by the student health center, peer educators, or other health education programs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Development of a referral network of off–campus reproductive health services providers, including pharmacies, located within a reasonable proximity to the campus.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A public senior higher education institution shall update the reproductive health services plan developed under this subsection each year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Maryland Department of Health, on request, shall provide assistance to a public senior higher education institution in developing a reproductive health services plan under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
