---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Hepatitis C Drugs"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Hepatitis C Drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 598"
citation: "Maryland SB 598 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Diseases", "Drugs", "Examinations", "Health Insurance", "Medical Assistance", "Medical Treatments", "Patients", "Physicians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan-Pulliam"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3034741e-1212-43d6-b825-3dddfd5b2c5b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB598&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "ba002bbbfd7c465196f36cb7af7f30e07ad07b06b8ce6ceb862e1c3c881f3ceb"
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 598 (2019) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage - Hepatitis C Drugs

## 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/sb/sb0598f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Nathan-Pulliam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {437575/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-04** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2019-04-05** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 451 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3034741e-1212-43d6-b825-3dddfd5b2c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).