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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)"
+description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 445"
+citation: "Maryland HB 445 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woorman", "Young"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef42f68d-4731-43f4-9a6e-b6f443f2b7f8"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0445?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "212f74d6cc816cbfedaf4f312613e642dcbbc2502cdc8f14770cfcac9494e9ef"
+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 HB 445 (2026) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_628_hb0445t.pdf)
+2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0445f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0445t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **127–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Alston — primary (person)
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Cullison — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Hutchinson — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+- Ross — primary (person)
+- S. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Taveras — primary (person)
+- White Holland — primary (person)
+- Woorman — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-12** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/12 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef42f68d-4731-43f4-9a6e-b6f443f2b7f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+