# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 2. Maryland Department of Health

### Subtitle 10. Prohibition on Discrimination

#### Section 2-1002

It is the policy of the State to:

(1) Provide affordable health care throughout the State to all regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability; and

(2) Prohibit discrimination with respect to the provision of health care by any person, in order to protect and ensure the peace, health, safety, prosperity, and general welfare of all.

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