| MD | SB242 | Pass | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 |
| 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 | 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 | SB418 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, for the duration of the assignment or detail, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 |
| MD | HB1120 | Pass | Authorizing members of the Foreign Service and spouses of members of the Foreign Service, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another State.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 |
| MD | HB1372 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission, in collaboration with the Office of Health Care Quality within the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a process to receive and publish certain inspection information on the Commission's Maryland Q...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 |
| MD | SB83 | Pass | Altering the grounds for discipline by certain health occupations boards to include being disciplined by any branch of the uniformed services or the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and altering the grounds for discipline of a naturopathic doctor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 335 |
| MD | HB595 | Pass | Altering eligibility for a credit against the State income tax for physician preceptors by repealing a requirement that a student in a physician preceptorship program be enrolled in a medical school or medical training program in the State and reduci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 200 |
| 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 | 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 | HB672 | Pass | Altering which entities are eligible to receive grants from the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund to exclude certain physicians, laboratories, and persons, and include certain nonprofit institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 220 |
| MD | SB466 | Pass | Altering eligibility for a credit against the State income tax for physician preceptors by repealing a requirement that a student in a physician preceptorship program be enrolled in a medical school or medical training program in the State and reduci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 199 |
| MD | SB915 | Pass | Requiring an individual to be registered with the State Board of Physicians to perform limited X-ray machine operations in the State; establishing certain disciplinary procedures for limited X-ray machine operators; recodifying certain provisions of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 214 |
| MD | HB1047 | Pass | Requiring an individual to be registered with the State Board of Physicians to perform limited X-ray machine operations in the State; establishing certain disciplinary procedures for limited X-ray machine operators; recodifying certain provisions of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 213 |
| 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 | 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 | HB420 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing active service members and spouses, under certain circumstances, to practice in the State under an occupational or professional license issued in another state; and altering the definition of "eligible veteran" for purposes of certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| MD | HB598 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Board of Physicians, beginning January 1, 2028, to issue a limited license, not to exceed 3 years, to practice medicine to an internationally trained physician under certain circumstances; prohibiting the renewal of a limited l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance |
| MD | SB489 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the exemption from certain educational requirements required for a license to practice medicine for certain applicants who have studied at an international medical school; authorizing the State Board of Physicians, beginning October 1, 2028,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (128-9) |
| 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 | 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 | SB689 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the requirements of the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to include studying programs and services to prevent recidivism by individuals in the State after release from incarceration...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB279 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the establishment of a medication review committee within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that convenes to determine whether to approve the administration of psychotropic medication to a certain incarcerated indi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB931 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a physician, in order to be designated as a medical director of a nursing home, to hold a certain medical director certification or be making active progress toward obtaining the certification; and requiring each nursing home to publish on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB49 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that an abortion be performed by a physician, rather than a qualified provider; repealing certain provisions of law related to State interference with an abortion, regulations related to abortion, and liability or criminal punishment for qu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1558 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for anesthesiologist assistants under the State Board of Physicians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-18
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB520 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the drugs that may be prescribed, provided, or administered or for which a starter dose may be dispensed by a naturopathic doctor; repealing the Naturopathic Doctors Formulary Council; altering the methods by which a naturopathic doctor may ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB118 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State and sales of firearms to State residents; and requiring the Comptroller to distribute a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB913 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an out-of-state physician licensed to practice medicine to issue a certification for a medical exemption for enhanced tinted motor vehicle windows; and repealing the time limit applicable to a certification for a medical exemption for enh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB222 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing qualifications for an individual to be appointed by a court as a custody evaluator; and authorizing a court to waive certain requirements for a court employee or an individual under contract with the court under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB951 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for anesthesiologist assistants under the State Board of Physicians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB392 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering eligibility for certain programs; providing certain mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB504 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the membership of the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists by removing the physician members.
[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 | HB1507 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an out-of-state physician licensed to practice medicine to issue a certification for a medical exemption for enhanced tinted motor vehicle windows; and repealing the time limit applicable to a certification for a medical exemption for enh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation 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 | HB197 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State and sales of firearms to residents of the State; requiring the Comptroller to distribute...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB470 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the drugs that may be prescribed, provided, or administered or for which a starter dose may be dispensed by a naturopathic doctor; altering the methods by which a naturopathic doctor may administer medication; altering the requirements for r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB616 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost Review Commission; and requiring the Commission, in carrying out certain responsibilities relating to evaluating facility resources to meet certain financial requirements and reviewing costs and r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB380 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Board of Physicians, beginning October 1, 2028, to issue a license, not to exceed 3 years, to practice medicine to an internationally trained physician under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to adopt regulations estab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB137 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing qualifications for an individual to be appointed by a court as a custody evaluator; and authorizing a court to waive certain requirements for a court employee or an individual under contract with the court under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
