---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance - Prior Authorization for Drug Products to Treat an Opioid Use Disorder - Prohibition"
description: "Health Insurance - Prior Authorization for Drug Products to Treat an Opioid Use Disorder - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 887"
citation: "Maryland HB 887 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Public Health", "Contracts", "Drugs", "Emergency Bills", "Health Insurance", "Health Maintenance Organizations", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Pharmacy Benefits Managers", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fc98578-2e38-4479-ba0b-fb062f21cdb2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB887&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "2a7218a4af6a442d79766f9af913cfc4b02b0dc6b7edb93534da6db66246d12f"
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 887 (2017) — Health Insurance - Prior Authorization for Drug Products to Treat an Opioid Use Disorder - Prohibition

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0887f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Frick — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {796789/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Floor Committee Amendment {286185/1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-17** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fc98578-2e38-4479-ba0b-fb062f21cdb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).