Maryland House Bill 652 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 614
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Prohibiting the Secretary of Health from considering certain drugs to be specialty drugs for the purposes of providing services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; altering the definition of "specialty drug" for the purpose of excluding prescription drugs prescribed to treat certain conditions from the authority of certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to require certain drugs be obtained through a certain pharmacy and to provide coverage through a managed care system; etc.

Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Specialty Drugs – Definition

Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Christopher Adams [R]	Del. Carl Anderton [R]	Del. Lauren Arikan [R]
Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Jerry Clark [R]	Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]	Del. Susan Krebs [R]
Del. Michael Malone [R]	Del. Susan McComas [R]	Del. Ric Metzgar [R]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Sid Saab [R]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]
Del. Lisa Belcastro [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]
Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]
Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Shane Pendergrass [D]
Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

2020-03-16 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-03-12 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-08	House	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 614
2020-03-17	House	Returned Passed
2020-03-16	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2020-03-15	Senate	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2020-03-15	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2020-03-13	Senate	Referred Finance
2020-03-12	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2020-03-12	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-03-12	House	Favorable with Amendments {926987/1 Adopted
2020-03-12	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2020-02-06	House	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-29	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB931 (Crossfiled) 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 615

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	15	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	15	118.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	847	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	847.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0652?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0652f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0652t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0002/hb0652_92698701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0652_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0652_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0544.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/0839.pdf