---
type: "Bill"
title: "President Jimmy Carter Cancer Treatment Access Act"
description: "President Jimmy Carter Cancer Treatment Access Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 919"
citation: "Maryland SB 919 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Chemical Tests", "Contracts", "Diseases", "Drugs", "Federal Government", "Hazardous and Toxic Substances", "Health", "Health Insurance", "Health Maintenance Organizations", "Insurance", "Nonprofit Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathias"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4467b51-b146-470a-ac9b-0124c5e92447"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB919&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "666afa5124932ad6cdb6a6a5074f73dc7c61692088c29d5764b5f85a35fdd92d"
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 919 (2017) — President Jimmy Carter Cancer Treatment Access Act

## 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/sb0919f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {157179/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-28** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4467b51-b146-470a-ac9b-0124c5e92447`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).