Health Committee
📅 Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📍 Virtual Meeting
House committee
Health Committee
Official meetings and agendas
Committee members
Bills pending in this committee
SB774
Health Insurance - Plan Benefits and Coverage - Annual Reporting (Transparency, Reporting, Understanding, Timeliness, and Honesty (TRUTH) in Mental Health Coverage Act)
March 25, 2026Pending: House Health
SB608
Maryland Medical Assistance Plan and Health Insurance - Pharmacogenomic Testing - Required Coverage
March 25, 2026Pending: House Health
SB876
Recovery Residences - Certification - Requirement
March 24, 2026Pending: House Health
SB870
Maryland Department of Health - Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Beds - Reports on Capacity and Outcomes
March 24, 2026Pending: House Health
HB714
Health - Abortion Data - Submission to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
March 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB49
Public Health - Abortion (Heartbeat Bill)
March 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1472
Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2026
March 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1401
Public Health - Abortion - Informed Consent
March 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1281
Health - Abortion - Ultrasound and Wait Time
March 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1126
Health Insurance and Managed Care Organizations - Laboratory Services - Contract Providers
March 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1558
State Board of Physicians - Anesthesiologist Assistants - Licensing
March 18, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1537
Public Health - Newborn Screening Program - Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
March 18, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1527
Complementary and Alternative Health Care - Practice Authorized (Complementary and Alternative Health Care Practice Act)
March 18, 2026Pending: House Health
SB917
Health Occupations - Practice of Audiology - Definition
March 17, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1597
Health - Unregulated Space in Hospital Operating Suites - Pilot Project
March 17, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1565
Public Health - Obesity Management and Treatment Programs (Healthy Maryland for Every Body)
March 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1461
Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs - Rheumatologic Conditions
March 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1435
Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Hormone-Related Care
March 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1380
Health Insurance - Prescriptions for Gender-Affirming Care and Hormone Therapy - Coverage and Dispensing Requirements
March 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1375
Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment
March 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1251
Health Facilities and Health Insurance - Palliative Care - Required Access and Coverage (Edna G. Neal Palliative Care Act)
March 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1107
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Aesthetic Services and Restorative Care for Victims of Domestic Violence (Healing Our Scars Act)
March 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1481
Tissue Banks and Hospitals - Autologous and Directed Blood Donations
March 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1468
Hospitals - Patients in Active Labor - Safe Discharge Labor Plans
March 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1323
Health Care Decisions Act - Surrogate Decision Making - Hospital Surrogate Committee
March 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1293
Behavioral Health Programs - Residents at Inpatient Facilities - Sex Offender Registry Compliance
March 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1159
Public Health and Health Insurance - Access to Abortion Care - Reporting Requirements
March 10, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1531
Maryland Helping Everyone Afford Life-Saving Treatments and Health Care (HEALTH) Fund - Establishment
March 3, 2026Pending: House Health
HB917
Health Insurance - Retroactive Denial of Reimbursement
February 26, 2026Pending: House Health
HB886
Certified Peer Recovery Specialists - Coverage Under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance and Workgroup on Certification
February 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB865
Health Insurance - Remittance Advice - Interest on Late-Paid Claims
February 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB808
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription Drugs to Treat Serious Mental Illness
February 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB739
Health Insurance - Prompt Payment of Claims - Requirements
February 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB737
Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate
February 19, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1121
Public Health – Perimenopausal, Menopausal, and Postmenopausal Conditions
February 16, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1051
Public Health - Patient Access to Medication
February 16, 2026Pending: House Health
HB515
Public Health - Local Drug Overdose Fatality Review Teams - Membership
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1556
Business Regulation - Sugary Beverage Advertisements - Warning Labels
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1477
Public Health - Ibogaine Clinical Research Grant Program - Establishment (Veterans Mental Health Innovations Act)
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1469
Health Insurance - Workgroup to Study the Definition of Specialty Drug
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1451
Public Health - Women's Health Care Data - Report
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1423
Maryland Department of Health - Workgroup on Home- and Community-Based Services
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1414
Nursing Homes - Direct Care Wages and Benefits and Cost Reports
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1402
Medical Examiner - Release of Body - Requirements for Muslims
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1385
Health Insurance - Use of Artificial Intelligence - Human Evaluation
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1316
Public Health - Universal Health Care Program - Study and Commission
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1291
Public Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Continuity of Care
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1264
Public Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Tobacco Cessation
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1162
Correctional Services – Medication–Assisted Treatment Funding
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1153
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Claims for Reimbursement - Downcoding
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1134
Pharmaceutical Drugs and Devices - Gifts to Health Care Professionals - Prohibition
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1133
Public Health - Drug Manufacturer-Funded Disease Awareness Campaigns - Registration and Required Disclosure
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1129
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies - Wages and Leave for Personal Care Aides
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1106
Maryland Commission on Women's Health Advancement - Establishment
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1041
Youth Camps - Structures in Flood Hazard Areas - Prohibition
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1023
Lab-Grown Meat - Prohibition
February 13, 2026Pending: House Health
HB424
Continuing Care in a Retirement Community Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership
February 12, 2026Pending: House Health
HB448
Health Facilities - Certified Recovery Residences - Unannounced Inspections
February 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1136
Nonprofit Hospitals - Community Benefits
February 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1119
Health Occupations - Social Workers - Scopes of Practice
February 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1114
HIV Prevention Drugs - Prescribing, Dispensing, and Insurance Coverage
February 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1092
Maryland Department of Health - Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Beds - Capacity in Prince George's County and Report
February 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1055
Health - Newborn Screening Program - Gaucher Disease
February 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB1021
Health Occupations - Licensed Psychologists - Prescriptive Authority
February 11, 2026Pending: House Health
HB341
Maryland Commission for Boys' and Men's Health - Establishment
February 10, 2026Pending: House Health
HB27
Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Long COVID Innovation Grant and Loan Program
February 10, 2026Pending: House Health
HB202
Public Health - Social Isolation and Loneliness Pilot Grant Program - Establishment
February 10, 2026Pending: House Health
HB178
Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents
February 10, 2026Pending: House Health
HB965
Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council - Establishment
February 9, 2026Pending: House Health
HB944
Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificates of Need and Material Change Transactions
February 9, 2026Pending: House Health
HB679
Health Occupations - Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy for Minors
February 5, 2026Pending: House Health
HB632
Certificate of Need - Psychiatric Health Care Facilities and Psychiatric and Mental Health Services - Exemption
February 5, 2026Pending: House Health
HB615
Health Facilities - Confidentiality of Medical Records - Crisis Pregnancy Clinics
February 5, 2026Pending: House Health
HB489
Electronic Health Networks and Electronic Medical Record Vendors of Nursing Homes - Release of Records - Fees
February 4, 2026Pending: House Health
HB616
Health Services Cost Review Commission – Health Facilities – Jurisdiction and Rate Setting
January 30, 2026Pending: House Health
HB181
Public Health – Restaurants – Disclosure of Main Food Allergens
January 22, 2026Pending: House Health
HB215
Continuing Care Providers - Financial Stress Tests, Transparency, and Governing Bodies
January 20, 2026Pending: House Health
HB162
Department of Aging - Maryland Access Point - Dementia-Friendly Communities
January 20, 2026Pending: House Health