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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="15-140" 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 the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Pregnant and parenting student” means a student enrolled at a public senior higher education institution or a community college who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is pregnant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Exercises care, custody, or control over a child of any age; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Shares parental responsibilities with someone in the same household or a different household.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Public senior higher education institution” means:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The constituent institutions of the University System of Maryland;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Morgan State University; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>St. Mary’s College of Maryland.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Public senior higher education institution” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The University of Maryland Global Campus; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The University of Baltimore.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The General Assembly finds that all students at an institution of higher education in the State, regardless of their gender, shall enjoy freedom from discrimination of any kind, including pregnancy discrimination as described in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each public senior higher education institution and community college shall adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students that is consistent with Title IX of the federal Higher Education Act.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The plan required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Referral to on–campus or off–campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for government assistance programs, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Child Care Scholarship Program;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The Maryland Medical Assistance Program;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>The Maryland Children’s Health Insurance Program; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Any other programs, scholarships, or subsidies for pregnant and parenting students;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The provision of information about or referrals to resources regarding adoption services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The availability of institutional accommodations for pregnant and parenting students; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A referral network of on–campus and off–campus health care service providers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before October 1, 2026, each public senior higher education institution and community college shall post the plan adopted under subsection (c) of this section on the institution’s website.</text>
  </level>
</section>
