---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Dental Coverage for Adults – Pilot Program"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Dental Coverage for Adults – Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 284"
citation: "Maryland SB 284 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Dental Hygienists", "Dentists", "Health", "Health", "Department of", "Indigent Persons", "Medical Assistance", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d534e66-f540-43f6-8ed2-13f63429553e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB284&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "667043e027125a9815ccd109627bf0d67426948261ec43aa1c31abac78657c86"
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 284 (2018) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Dental Coverage for Adults – Pilot Program

## 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/sb/sb0284f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {877376/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (131-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d534e66-f540-43f6-8ed2-13f63429553e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).