Maryland House Bill 1217 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-6)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 323
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage for biomarker testing that is supported by medical and scientific evidence; establishing requirements for deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance for biomarker testing; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the impact of providing biomarker testing.

Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Biomarker Testing

Del. Karen Toles [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]	Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]
Del. Jheanelle Wilkins [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Brian Chisholm [R]
Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]
Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]
Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]

2023-04-07 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 136 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-31 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 43 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 132 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 323
2023-04-07	House	Passed Enrolled
2023-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed (136-2)
2023-04-07	House	House Concurs Senate Amendments
2023-03-31	Senate	Third Reading Passed (43-0)
2023-03-30	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-30	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {603223/1 Adopted
2023-03-30	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2023-03-20	Senate	Referred Finance
2023-03-20	House	Third Reading Passed (132-3)
2023-03-18	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-18	House	Favorable with Amendments {313728/1 Adopted
2023-03-17	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2023-02-13	House	Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-10	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB805 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	15	102.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	15	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	859	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1217?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1217f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1217t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1217e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_323_hb1217e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0007/hb1217_31372801.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0007/hb1217_60322301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb1217_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb1217_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0686.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/1195.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0847.pdf