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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Medicaid Waiver Programs – Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)"
+description: "Medicaid Waiver Programs – Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 622"
+citation: "Maryland SB 622 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Jennings", "King", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2023-02-06"
+last_action: "2023-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec891b1f-1a47-4fca-9792-9f789883acbe"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0622?ys=2023RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "7d5dfbf67ae042e183e1476d051bff251138a8724450ab440b61fd3786f08ca8"
+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 622 (2023) — Medicaid Waiver Programs – Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Medicaid Waiver Programs – Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_635_sb0622t.pdf)
+2. **First - Medicaid Waiver Programs – Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0622f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Medicaid Waiver Programs – Waitlist and Registry Reduction (End the Wait Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0622t.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Corderman — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- McCray — primary (person)
+- Rosapepe — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec891b1f-1a47-4fca-9792-9f789883acbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+