| MD | SB244 | Pass | Revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of this State relating to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 864 |
| MD | HB529 | Pass | Revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of this State relating to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 865 |
| MD | SB496 | Pass | Authorizing, beginning January 1, 2027, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients if the Department elec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 866 |
| MD | SB898 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide reimbursement for applied behavior analysis services provided by behavior technicians to Program recipients with autism spectrum disorder under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; prohibitin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-31
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 867 |
| MD | HB6 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 |
| MD | HB216 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 662 |
| MD | SB140 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 663 |
| 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 | SB340 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a minimum $2,000,000 appropriation for the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman from certain money remitted by managed care organizations and, under certain circumstances, general funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 |
| MD | SB420 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to collect data regarding the parental status of students from each public institution of higher education; requiring public institutions of higher education to collect and report certain demographic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 734 |
| 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 | HB671 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill, for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, a minimum appropriation for the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman from certain money remitted by managed care organizations and, u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 762 |
| 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 | SB839 | Pass | Requiring, beginning in 2026, the Maryland Department of Health to conduct the in-State cost-of-dispensing survey at least every 3 years; and requiring by December 1 each year in which the survey is required, the Department to report the survey resu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 708 |
| MD | HB1470 | Pass | Requiring, beginning in 2026, the Maryland Department of Health to conduct the in-State cost-of-dispensing survey at least every 3 years; and requiring the Department to report the results of the survey to the General Assembly by December 1 in each ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | SB772 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an employment training and opportunity database for the purpose of assisting individuals in the State in finding employment training and other opportunities that may enable the individuals to b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166 |
| MD | SB742 | Pass | Repealing the 90-day time limit within which an individual receiving services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration must appeal a loss of eligibility for services; establishing requirements related to eligibility determinations and redet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 |
| MD | HB1181 | Pass | Altering provisions relating to children who are placed in an out-of-home placement by a local department of social services under a voluntary placement agreement; requiring, by October 1, 2029, the Department of Human Services and the Maryland Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 |
| 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 | HB275 | Pass | Requiring a carrier that issues Medicare supplement policies to issue a Medicare supplement policy to an individual who meets certain criteria during certain special enrollment periods.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 139 |
| MD | SB134 | Pass | Requiring a carrier that issues Medicare supplement policies to issue a Medicare supplement policy to an individual who meets certain criteria during certain special enrollment periods.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 140 |
| 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 | HB1445 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing the 90-day time limit within which an individual receiving services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration must appeal a loss of eligibility for services; establishing requirements related to eligibility determinations and redet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed |
| 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 | HB1167 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Information Technology to convene a workgroup on the Medicaid Management Information System mainframe system replacement; and requiring the workgroup to periodically report to certain committees of the General Assembly on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB813 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing, beginning January 1, 2027, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide notice to Program recipients if the Department elec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Hill, Martinez and Hutchinson) |
| MD | SB721 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide an expedited Medicaid eligibility determination for developmental disabilities services to certain individuals who received certain services in another state and relocated in the State; and requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-09
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| 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 | HB989 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Aging, in consultation with the Department of Disabilities, the Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Human Services, to conduct a study on the calculation of inco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB870 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on certain information related to adolescent psychiatric inpatient bed capacity in the State; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB628 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Foster Care Transition Grant Program in the Department of Human Services to provide for the economic security of individuals aging out of the out-of-home placement program; providing that, beginning in fiscal year 2028, an individual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1384 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, on or before July 1, 2028, the Maryland Department of Health to select and contract with a State pharmacy benefits manager; requiring that each managed care contract entered into or renewed after July 1, 2028, require the managed care orga...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1112 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the duties of the Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission to require the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding individual and group health insurance market stability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1246 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an employment training and opportunity database for the purpose of assisting individuals in the State in finding employment training and other opportunities that may enable the individuals to b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1531 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Helping Everyone Afford Life-Saving Treatments and Health Care (HEALTH) Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to assist Maryland Medical Assistance Program enrollees, insured individuals, and uninsured individuals with health c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB917 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the circumstances under which a carrier may retroactively deny reimbursement; altering the information a carrier is required to provide to a health care provider if the carrier retroactively denies reimbursement; prohibiting a carrier from r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB158 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to support pregnant and postpartum Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients who have higher risks of pregnancy complications because of maternal hype...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB808 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Maryland Medical Assistance Program from applying a prior authorization requirement in certain circumstances to and from applying a step therapy or fail-first protocol for a prescription drug used to treat an adult enrollee's diagnosi...
[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 |
