---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health – Reimbursement for Services Provided by Certified Peer Recovery Specialists – Workgroup and Report"
description: "Maryland Department of Health – Reimbursement for Services Provided by Certified Peer Recovery Specialists – Workgroup and Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 765"
citation: "Maryland SB 765 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Clinics", "Health", "Health", "Department of", "Health Occupations", "Medical Assistance", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Reimbursement Rates", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Substance Abuse", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathias"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50928b63-c21a-4710-abb8-168a821bec14"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB765&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "90861bd7f0d6e8ac3e0af3a6e174533c17b1849c501af5476166279f536c2905"
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 765 (2018) — Maryland Department of Health – Reimbursement for Services Provided by Certified Peer Recovery Specialists – Workgroup and Report

## 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/sb0765f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## 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)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {477279/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 324 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50928b63-c21a-4710-abb8-168a821bec14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).