---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health - Cost of Emergency Room Visits to Treat Dental Conditions and Coverage of Dental Services Under Medicaid - Study"
description: "Health - Cost of Emergency Room Visits to Treat Dental Conditions and Coverage of Dental Services Under Medicaid - Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "Maryland SB 169 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Committees and Commissions", "Dentists", "Emergency Medical Services", "Emergencies", "General Assembly", "Health and Mental Hygiene", "Department of", "Medical Assistance", "Patients", "Prices", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec06aa6b-f667-461b-9e86-5a2a88a75950"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB169&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "133a5d7d26986f7b057fc55a178a1dbac0aadf3abc32a8d12ec736552230f7f5"
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 169 (2017) — Health - Cost of Emergency Room Visits to Treat Dental Conditions and Coverage of Dental Services Under Medicaid - Study

## 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/sb/sb0169f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Middleton — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Hearing 2/01 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** Favorable with Amendments {227279/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-08** Floor Amendment {433522/2 (Delegate McKay) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 721 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec06aa6b-f667-461b-9e86-5a2a88a75950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).