---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force to Study Access to Home Health Care for Children and Adults With Medical Disabilities and Report on Home– and Community–Based Services"
description: "Task Force to Study Access to Home Health Care for Children and Adults With Medical Disabilities and Report on Home– and Community–Based Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1696"
citation: "Maryland HB 1696 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Committees and Commissions", "Disabilities", "Health", "Department of", "Home Care Services", "Medical Assistance", "Reimbursement Rates", "Reports", "Salaries and Compensation", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reznik"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8f90a47-b000-4b68-80fb-5b7fa9935b00"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1696&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "73538d63d8f1f23a2fbf499d6f97c72c97d994495a27b897271ae039ebfaf111"
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 1696 (2018) — Task Force to Study Access to Home Health Care for Children and Adults With Medical Disabilities and Report on Home– and Community–Based Services

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1696f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reznik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {216886/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Finance
- **2018-04-09** Hearing 4/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8f90a47-b000-4b68-80fb-5b7fa9935b00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).