Maryland House Bill 1002

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-5)
Status: Passed on April 14 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-14 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 24
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Prohibiting certain facilities from involuntarily transferring or discharging a resident to certain housing or before receiving certain confirmations; altering the information required to be included in a certain notice or new notice; requiring that a certain notice or new notice be provided to certain residents at least a certain period of time before an involuntary discharge or transfer; establishing time requirements that apply to the discharge or transfer of a resident if a new notice of involuntary discharge or transfer is provided; etc.

Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer

Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]	Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Del. Greg Wims [D]
Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]
Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]
Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]
Del. Kim Ross [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]
Del. Teresa Woorman [D]

2026-04-06 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-21 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 125 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-14	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 24
2026-04-07	House	Returned Passed
2026-04-06	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2026-03-31	Senate	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-03-30	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2026-03-23	Senate	Referred Finance
2026-03-21	House	Third Reading Passed (125-0)
2026-03-20	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments {193327/1 Adopted
2026-03-20	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
2026-02-09	House	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-06	House	First Reading Health

SB493 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-14 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 25

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	19	345	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	19	345.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1002?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1002f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1002t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_24_hb1002t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0002/hb1002_19332701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb1002_hlt.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb1002_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/0762.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0805.pdf