Maryland Senate Bill 460 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2023, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide gender-affirming treatment in a nondiscriminatory manner; requiring that the gender-affirming treatment be assessed according to nondiscriminatory criteria that are consistent with current clinical standards; prohibiting the issuance of an adverse benefit determination related to gender-affirming treatment unless a certain experienced health care provider has reviewed and confirmed the appropriateness of the determination; etc.

Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Gender–Affirming Treatment (Trans Health Equity Act)

Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]	Sen. Sarah Elfreth [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]
Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]
Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]
Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]	Sen. Antonio Hayes [D]

2023-03-30 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 93 N: 39 NV: 5 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-30 - House - Floor Amendment 883027/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (Y: 40 N: 91 NV: 6 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2023-03-30 - House - Floor Amendment 873722/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (Y: 37 N: 96 NV: 4 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2023-03-20 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 31 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - Senate - Floor Amendment 993529/1 (Senator Mautz) Rejected (Y: 14 N: 29 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252
2023-03-31	Senate	Returned Passed
2023-03-30	House	Third Reading Passed (93-39)
2023-03-30	House	Floor Amendment {883027/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (40-91)
2023-03-30	House	Floor Amendment {873722/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (37-96)
2023-03-29	House	Second Reading Passed
2023-03-29	House	Favorable Adopted
2023-03-29	House	Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
2023-03-22	House	Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-03-21	House	Referred Health and Government Operations
2023-03-20	Senate	Third Reading Passed (31-15)
2023-03-20	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-20	Senate	Floor Amendment {993529/1 (Senator Mautz) Rejected (14-29)
2023-03-20	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {413627/1 Adopted
2023-03-17	Senate	Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
2023-03-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {413627/1
2023-03-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2023-02-03	Senate	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-03	Senate	First Reading Finance

HB283 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253
HB746 (Carry Over) 2022-02-15 - Hearing 3/02 at 1:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	15	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	15	151	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0460?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0460f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0460t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_252_sb0460t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0460_41362701.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0460_99352901.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0460_87372201.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0460_88302701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0460_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0460_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0612.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0667.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0782.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0783.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0784.pdf