---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Physicians - Medical Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Verification, Publication, and Notification Requirements (Janet's Law)"
description: "State Board of Physicians - Medical Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Verification, Publication, and Notification Requirements (Janet's Law)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 957"
citation: "Maryland HB 957 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Insurance - Health", "Auditors and Audits", "Committees and Commissions", "Disclosure", "Forms", "Insurance", "Language", "Liability", "Licenses", "Notices", "Patients", "Physicians", "Public Information", "Review Boards", "Rules and Regulations", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miele"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d424f31c-f568-4f3b-9999-fe2376938a71"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB957&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "91f7d35fb10903a6feabc7a4e849fba0b9d375a3445510f3fc756bcc48fbae45"
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 957 (2017) — State Board of Physicians - Medical Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Verification, Publication, and Notification Requirements (Janet's Law)

## 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/hb0957f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Miele — primary (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cluster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {236286/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Special Order until later today (Delegate Morhaim) Adopted
- **2017-03-18** Special Order until later today (Delegate Morhaim) Adopted
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {914137/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 770 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d424f31c-f568-4f3b-9999-fe2376938a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).