Maryland State Resources:
1. State Insurance Commissioner:
The primary role of the Maryland Insurance Administration is to protect consumers from illegal insurance practices by ensuring that insurance companies and producers that operate in Maryland act in accordance with State insurance laws.
http://www.mdinsurance.state.md.us/sa/jsp/consumer/FileComplaint.jsp
2. State Medical Board:
Complaint form:
http://www.mbp.state.md.us/pages/cform.html
3. State Minority Office:
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene envisions a state in which health care services are organized and delivered in a manner designed to eliminate health disparities among its ethnic and racial populations, thereby leading the way to a Healthy Maryland in the New Millennium.
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/hd/
4. State Nursing Board:
The mission of the Board of Nursing is to advance safe quality care in Maryland through licensure, certification, education and accountability for public protection.
http://www.mbon.org/main.php?v=norm&p=0&c=invest/index.html
5. State Midwives Organization
The Midwives of Maryland are dedicated to promoting public awareness about the profession of midwifery.
http://www.midwivesofmaryland.org/
6. Friends of Midwifery:
Under construction! Check back soon!
http://www.marylandmidwives.com/
7. State Healthy Start or Associated Improved Pregnancy Program/Director's email:
Baltimore City Healthy Start is committed to improving the health and well-being of pregnant and post partum women, their babies, families, and communities by providing comprehensive, supportive services in the communities where they live.
http://www.baltimorehealthystart.org/about/success.asp
8. State Pregnant Patient's Bill of Rights or Patient's Bill of Rights:
http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/fnotes/bil_0007/hb0677.pdf
9. State Medicaid Complaint Information:
Unable to locate.