---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Formulary Changes"
description: "Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Formulary Changes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 435"
citation: "Maryland HB 435 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Drugs", "Fees", "Health Insurance", "Health Maintenance Organizations", "Insurance", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Notices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3d99d6a-ef4c-477a-9cda-5d23336c5514"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB435&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "6aeee67ad95f14d51fc12c5d2e7b1ee9b77ece23d89a3b37f53ae13395b11183"
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 435 (2019) — Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Formulary Changes

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0435f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)
- Bagnall — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {376282/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3d99d6a-ef4c-477a-9cda-5d23336c5514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).