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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Hepatitis C Drugs"
+description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Hepatitis C Drugs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 598"
+citation: "Maryland SB 598 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Health", "Diseases", "Drugs", "Examinations", "Health Insurance", "Medical Assistance", "Medical Treatments", "Patients", "Physicians"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nathan-Pulliam"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2019-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3034741e-1212-43d6-b825-3dddfd5b2c5b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB598&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "ba002bbbfd7c465196f36cb7af7f30e07ad07b06b8ce6ceb862e1c3c881f3ceb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 598 (2019) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Hepatitis C Drugs
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0598f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nathan-Pulliam — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {437575/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
+- **2019-04-05** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 451 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3034741e-1212-43d6-b825-3dddfd5b2c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+