Maryland Senate Bill 269

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-01-27 - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing a rebuttable presumption in an action for personal injury or wrongful death that a medical bill from a health care provider or an agent of the health care provider is authentic, fair, and reasonable if the bill was properly provided in discovery; and establishing that a party may overcome the presumption that a medical bill is authentic, fair, and reasonable by proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the medical bill, or any charge in a medical bill, is not authentic, is unfair, or is unreasonable.

Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Evidence - Rebuttable Presumption of Medical Bills

Sen. Shaneka Henson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-27	Senate	Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
2026-01-27	Senate	Hearing canceled
2026-01-20	Senate	Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-19	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB385 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-11 - Hearing 3/11 at 2:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Courts and Judicial Proceedings	10	104	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Courts and Judicial Proceedings	10	104.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0269?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0269f.pdf