| MD | SB587 | Pass | Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Governor to include an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Maryland Patient Safety Center Fund in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626 |
| MD | SB892 | Pass | Altering the membership of the State Advisory Council on Health and Wellness; requiring health occupations boards that require licensees or certificate holders to complete certain continuing education to grant at least 2 hours for every hour of conti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 605 |
| 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 | 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 | HB945 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to notify and consult with the local health department for the county in which a nursing home is located if the Department initiates an investigation of a nursing home complaint alleging actual harm; establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 684 |
| 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 | 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 | HB1151 | Veto | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Maryland Medical Assistance Program jointly to study the impact of requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide reimbursement for room and board services provided by a hospice hous...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | SB411 | Pass | Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards, to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee, and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring the chief nursing executive of each hospital to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235 |
| MD | HB640 | Pass | Modifying certain reporting requirements, boards, and commissions for practicability and efficiency; repealing certain reporting requirements that are unnecessary, obsolete, or duplicative; repealing as obsolete the Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 |
| MD | HB624 | Pass | Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each staffing committee to develop a staffing pla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236 |
| MD | HB772 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, rather than the Behavioral Health Administration and the Medical Care Programs Administration, to conduct a certain rate-setting study by June 30, 2028; establishing the Workgroup on Behavioral Health Rate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219 |
| MD | HB1367 | Pass | Establishing a Commission on Re-Imagining Health Care to envision and make recommendations regarding establishing a comprehensive, patient-centered health care system in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a preliminary report by Decem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 244 |
| 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 | HB1559 | Pass | Prohibiting the placement of children in unlicensed settings under the out-of-home placement program required to be established by the Social Services Administration; altering the duties of the pediatric hospital overstay coordinators; establishing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160 |
| MD | SB39 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct an independent cost-driven rate-setting study to set community provider rates for community-based behavioral health services; authorizing the Maryland Health Care Commission to require community ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 218 |
| MD | HB322 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Maryland Health Care Commission by reducing from nine to eight the number of members who are individuals who do not have any connection with the management or policy of a health care provider or payor and including an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 38 |
| MD | SB260 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Maryland Health Care Commission by reducing from nine to eight the number of members who are individuals who do not have any connection with the management or policy of a health care provider or payor and including an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 39 |
| MD | HB498 | Pass | Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for a change in bed capacity for intermediate care facilities that offer substance use disorder treatment services; providing a certificate of need is not required for a change in bed c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 69 |
| MD | SB444 | Pass | Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for a change in bed capacity for intermediate care facilities that offer substance use disorder treatment services; providing a certificate of need is not required for a change in bed c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 68 |
| MD | HB637 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Health to issue recommendations for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services based on certain evidence-based scientific and clinical guidance; requiring the Secretary, before adopting a recommendation for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 7 |
| MD | SB385 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Health to issue recommendations for certain immunizations, screenings, and preventive services based on certain evidence-based scientific and clinical guidance; requiring the Secretary, before adopting a recommendation for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 8 |
| 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 | SB611 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Maryland Medical Assistance Program jointly to study the impact of requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide reimbursement for room and board services provided by a hospice hous...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB515 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Commission, in carrying out certain responsibilities relating to evaluating facility resources to meet certain financial requirements and reviewing costs and rates of hospital services, to take into account all reasonable costs incurr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Third Reading Passed (131-2) |
| MD | HB971 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Medical Advisory Committee to form subcommittees and workgroups, as necessary, to carry out the duties of the Committee; establishing the Workgroup to Study the Adoption of a Fee-for-Service Model for all Medicaid Services to s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1121 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the membership of the State Advisory Council on Health and Wellness; requiring certain health occupations boards that require a licensee or certificate holder to complete continuing education requirements as a condition of renewal to grant a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1106 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Commission on Women's Health Advancement to study the feasibility of establishing a State women's hospital in Southern Maryland and a statewide clinical network to advance women's health; requiring the Commission by January ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB494 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for certain mergers; requiring certain health care entities to provide certain notice of a material change transaction to the Maryland Health Care Commission and the public; establishin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB944 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the exemption from the certificate of need requirement for certain mergers; requiring certain health care entities to provide certain notice of a material change transaction to the Maryland Health Care Commission and the public; establishin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB19 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Commission on Women's Health Advancement to study the feasibility of establishing a State women's hospital in Southern Maryland and a statewide clinical network to advance women's health; requiring the Commission by January ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
