| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB446 | Pass | Altering the duties of the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Council to include an examination of the capacity of health care providers to deliver care to certain individuals and to identify methods by which the State can as...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239 |
| MD | SB555 | Pass | Altering the duties of the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Council; establishing the Dementia Services and Brain Health Program in the Maryland Department of Health to lead the State's public health efforts relating to bra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 240 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1117 | Engross
50% | 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 | SB790 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to organize the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps; altering the membership, leadership selection process, and staffing of the Commission on Public Health; requiring the Commission to provide guidance for the i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB611 | Engross
50% | 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
50% | 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 | HB1112 | Engross
50% | 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 | HB1603 | Intro
25% | Establishing requirements for certain vision benefits, vision benefit plans, and vision benefit discount plans; requiring an insurer or a vision benefit manager to disclose certain information on its website and in certain communications and maintain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1316 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a universal health care program through a single-payer system in the State; and establishing the Advisory Commission...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB795 | Intro
25% | Establishing requirements for certain vision benefits, vision benefit plans, and vision benefit discount plans; requiring an insurer or a vision benefit manager to disclose certain information on its website and in certain communications and maintain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB663 | Intro
25% | Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to submit a cost report with documentation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
