| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | SB18 | Pass | Establishing a provisional social work license through which an individual issued a provisional social work license may receive a full license; requiring the Board, beginning November 1, 2026, to issue a provisional license to an applicant who, excep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 |
| 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 | SB412 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that a forensic review board provide notice to certain individuals within a certain time period after issuing a recommendation; establishing the Community Forensic Aftercare Program in the Maryland Department of Health to mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237 |
| MD | HB769 | Pass | Establishing a provisional social work license through which an individual issued a provisional social work license may receive a full license; and requiring the Board, beginning in 2027, to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 227 |
| MD | HB980 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Human Services to establish and maintain a Guardianship Assistance Program to promote the placement and maintenance of children in permanent guardianship homes by providing guardianship assistance to guardians of minor chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 |
| MD | HB1483 | Pass | Repealing the authority of the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to issue a temporary telehealth license; and exempting certain State licensure requirements for certain individuals who are licensed in another state and who provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 242 |
| MD | SB910 | Pass | Establishing that insureds and any other persons covered by certain health insurance policies, contracts, or certificates are entitled to reimbursement for the services rendered by a graduate-level counseling, social work, or psychology clinical inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 43 |
| MD | HB1094 | Pass | Establishing that insureds and any other persons covered by certain health insurance policies, contracts, or certificates are entitled to reimbursement for the services rendered by a graduate-level counseling, social work, or psychology clinical inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 44 |
| 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 | SB823 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the appointing authority and method of appointment of parole commissioners by repealing certain authority of the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services and requiring the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
Third Reading Passed (99-33) |
| MD | SB996 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Secretary of Human Services to establish and maintain a Guardianship Assistance Program to promote the placement and maintenance of children in permanent guardianship homes by providing guardianship assistance to guardians of minor chil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB16 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the appointing authority and method of appointment of parole commissioners; requiring a new commissioner to be appointed within 90 days after a vacancy; prohibiting a hearing examiner appointed under certain authority from serving for more t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB883 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a developer of artificial intelligence from making, or knowingly causing artificial intelligence to make, certain representations or statements or to provide certain services or experiences relating to behavioral health care; requiring ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB658 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that a forensic review board provide notice to certain individuals within a certain time period after issuing a recommendation to the court; establishing the Community Forensic Aftercare Program in the Maryland Department of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1325 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder; and requiring a licensed certified social worker-clini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1198 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a debtor may provide certain notice to a creditor and request that the creditor cease debt collection activity relating to a coerced debt; authorizing a debtor, after providing a creditor with certain notice, to bring an action against...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To House Judiciary 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 | HB1350 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain provisions of law relating to the reporting of child abuse and neglect and the reporting of certain information regarding certain children at risk of harm to require reporting to the Department of Human Services instead of to the loc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1414 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB522 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder; and requiring a licensed certified social worker-clini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB663 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 |
| MD | SB874 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the scopes of practice for licensed social workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB901 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a school to recognize a student's external diagnosis of autism from certain professionals until the school completes an initial evaluation; requiring a school to initiate an evaluation of a student within 30 days of receiving an external di...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1119 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the scopes of practice for licensed social workers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB484 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain provisions of law relating to the reporting of child abuse and neglect and the reporting of certain information regarding certain children at risk of harm to require reporting to the Department of Human Services instead of to the loc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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 |
