# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 13. Miscellaneous Health Care Programs

### Subtitle 37. Community Health Workers

#### Section 13-3701

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Advisory Committee" means the State Community Health Worker Advisory Committee.

(c) "Community health worker" means a frontline public health worker who:

  (1) Is a trusted member of, or has an unusually close understanding of, the community being served;

  (2) Serves as a liaison to, link to, or intermediary between health and social services and the community to:

    (i) Facilitate access to services; and

    (ii) Improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery; and

  (3) Builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities, including:

    (i) Outreach;

    (ii) Community education;

    (iii) The provision of information to support individuals in the community;

    (iv) Social support; and

    (v) Advocacy.

(d) "Fund" means the State Community Health Workers Fund established under Sec. 13-3707 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)