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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: "SB 276"
+citation: "Maryland SB 276 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Gile", "Hettleman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-19"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/369c0f1c-0ea3-4b32-8c60-09f622e3120e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0276?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "589716a0c8f468e8045a8f4c4c6f5c92f38f5cc1e673c84bcc3d72415e5ba6c9"
+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 276 (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_629_sb0276t.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/sb/sb0276f.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/sb/sb0276t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **127–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-20** Referred Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/369c0f1c-0ea3-4b32-8c60-09f622e3120e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+