 Following the 2019 state election the two portfolios were merged as the Minister for Health and Medical Research.Hazzard has two adult sons.In August 2019, Brad Hazzard came out in support of removing abortion as a criminal offence (after 119 years within the NSW Crimes Act 1900 section(s) 82–84) via a bill he co-sponsored with 14 others of all different political parties and independents.