---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policies for Dual Eligible Individuals - Open Enrollment Period"
description: "Health Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policies for Dual Eligible Individuals - Open Enrollment Period"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "Maryland SB 48 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Disabilities", "Health Insurance", "Medical Assistance", "Notices", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-09-22"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fc02a24-67f2-4cd3-9606-a19953f9cd4a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB48&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "e2971ec34d9e0ebfe435f44da0fe06f93f9c9ae2a3e0bd32999cc5e30454edf2"
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 48 (2017) — Health Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policies for Dual Eligible Individuals - Open Enrollment Period

## 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/sb0048f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Maryland Insurance Administration) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** Hearing 1/12 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2017-01-16** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-01-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 42 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fc02a24-67f2-4cd3-9606-a19953f9cd4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).