| MD | SB276 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to orthoses beginning January 1, 2027; clarifying that certain mandated b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629 |
| MD | HB445 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to orthoses beginning January 1, 2027; clarifying that certain mandated b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628 |
| MD | SB428 | Pass | Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from imposing a copay, coinsurance, or deductible for services provided in accordance with the Collaborative Care Model statewide in primary care settings that provide services to Program recipients; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 614 |
| MD | HB746 | Pass | Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from imposing a copay, coinsurance, or deductible for services provided in accordance with the Collaborative Care Model; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health plans, and health maintenance organiza...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615 |
| MD | SB891 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for screening for perinatal behavioral health conditions at certain times; requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 |
| MD | SB808 | Pass | Altering the process through which health care providers apply to participate on a carrier's provider panel, including certain notice requirements; repealing the authorization for a carrier to charge a certain application fee; requiring carriers to u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 706 |
| MD | HB1118 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for screening for perinatal behavioral health conditions at certain times; requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 |
| MD | HB1093 | Pass | Altering the process through which health care providers apply to participate on a carrier's provider panel, including certain notice requirements; repealing the authorization for a carrier to charge a certain application fee; requiring carriers to u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 707 |
| MD | HB1365 | Pass | Altering the membership of the State Advisory Council on Health and Wellness; requiring certain health occupations boards to grant a certain number of hours for every hour of continuing education for menopause and menopause-associated symptoms; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 |
| MD | HB1376 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland Children's Health Program to provide a prior authorization determination regarding a transfer on request of a special pediatric hospital within 3 business days after the request is re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 325 |
| MD | HB1563 | Pass | Authorizing the Maryland Insurance Commission to conduct an examination of certain decisions by carriers related to claims or authorization requests for services in, or related to services, in emergency departments; requiring the Maryland Health Care...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165 |
| MD | HB377 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law to include physician assistants in the health care practitioners who may take certain actions, including actions related to the guardianship of disabled persons, admission of individuals to mental health facilities,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 223 |
| MD | SB326 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law to include physician assistants in the health care practitioners who may take certain actions, including actions related to the guardianship of disabled persons, admissions to mental health facilities and the Emerge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 222 |
| MD | HB280 | Pass | Codifying in State law certain provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations related to mental health parity and clarifying the authority of the Maryland Insurance Administration to enforce certain laws; requiring health insurance carriers to collect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 11 |
| MD | SB205 | Pass | Codifying in State law certain provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations related to mental health parity and clarifying the authority of the Maryland Insurance Administration to enforce certain laws; requiring health insurance carriers to collect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 12 |
| MD | SB272 | Pass | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations that provide coverage for chemotherapy to treat cancer to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used for the preservatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 51 |
| MD | HB393 | Pass | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations that provide coverage for chemotherapy to treat cancer to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used for the preservatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 52 |
| MD | HB494 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring certain entities to provide reimbursement to health care providers in a manner that meets the annual primary care investment targets established by the State on or after February 1, 2026; and requiring certain entities to provide a descript...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Finance |
| MD | HB633 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for opportunistic salpingectomy for ovarian cancer prevention; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to conduct a mandate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB551 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide individuals with salpingectomy coverage for ovarian cancer prevention; and prohibiting the insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and healt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (128-6) |
| MD | HB1117 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Council and the Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs to recommend the use of elopement response as safety tools for certain individuals who are at risk of elope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance |
| MD | SB284 | Pass | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; authorizing the Secretary of Health to establish the retention ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 |
| MD | SB608 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring, beginning July 1, 2027, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for single-gene and multigene pharmacogenomic testing in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB367 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible for covered physical therapy services that is greater than the copayment, coinsurance, or deductible impo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB785 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that the annual report on the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program include certain recommendations; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to collect certain data on certain segregated accounts established under the federal Af...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1450 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, under certain circumstances, an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, a health maintenance organization, a dental plan organization, a managed care organization, or any other entity providing health benefit plans in the State to identi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1107 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage to victims of domestic violence for aesthetic services and re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1251 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that, on or after October 1, 2027, certain facilities provide patients with certain access to palliative care and inform patients about the availability of palliative care at certain times; requiring the Department of Health to adopt regula...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1380 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for a certain supply of prescription drugs used for gender-affirming care, hormone therapy, or reproductive health in certain circumstances; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1440 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a managed care organization and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a prior authorization or step therapy or fail-first protocol under certain circumstances for prescriptio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1461 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the circumstances under which certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are prohibited from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs for the treatment of rheumatologic conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1375 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for the full length of long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses under certain circumst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1435 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for hormone-related care, including hormone therapy treatment for perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms; establishing certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1565 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to include a certain obesity management and treatment program in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; establishing requirements for the obesity management and treatment p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1159 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that the annual report on the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program include certain recommendations; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to collect certain data on certain segregated accounts established under the federal Af...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-10
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB969 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for the full length of long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses under certain circumst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB739 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to send certain communications in a certain manner; establishing that certain communications by insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB737 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB886 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage for services provided in any setting by certain certified pee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB865 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations that owe interest on claims under a certain provision of law to provide certain remittance advice that separately identifies and itemizes the interest owed claim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB88 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to join bulk purchasing pools for prescription drugs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1153 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organization from downcoding a claim for reimbursement under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures that insurers, nonprofit heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1385 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that certain audits and compliance reviews of an artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tool used for utilization review include a certain evaluation by a licensed health care professional; and requiring that the review and r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB699 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible for covered physical therapy services that is greater than the copayment, coinsurance, or deductible impo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB738 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage for mobile crisis and crisis stabilization services; and appl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB797 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organization from downcoding a claim for reimbursement under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures that insurers, nonprofit heal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB837 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a managed care organization and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring a prior authorization or step therapy or fail-first protocol under certain circumstances for prescriptio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1114 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention to patients under certain circumstances; prohibiting managed care organizations, insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB416 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB120 | Intro
Sine Die | Shortening, from 120 to 90, the maximum interval of days that certain carriers may impose as a frequency limitation on dental preventive care; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
