---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Home- and Community-Based Waiver Services - Prohibition on Denial"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Home- and Community-Based Waiver Services - Prohibition on Denial"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 699"
citation: "Maryland SB 699 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Assisted Living", "Community Facilities and Services", "Disabilities", "Health", "Department of", "Long-Term Care", "Medical Assistance", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
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/8656d2e8-5544-4303-95df-d65965b206a5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB699&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "c39fed348ef0fc780b42a6d7912ca5aaefa082c475e6fa4ba47cd0e85f731901"
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 699 (2019) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Home- and Community-Based Waiver Services - Prohibition on Denial

## 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/sb0699f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)
- Augustine — cosponsor (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {787476/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-21** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2019-04-02** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8656d2e8-5544-4303-95df-d65965b206a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).