---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program"
description: "Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1208"
citation: "Maryland HB 1208 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Carr", "D.M. Davis", "Hill", "Johnson", "Kelly", "Korman", "P. Young", "Ruth", "Saab", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a7950d5-8f53-4c7f-b211-c5b5c1194bc2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1208?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "22fb40c0d38295b46eaf39d75f1929a260e5273368763c742d6aee79af8d245e"
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 1208 (2020) — Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_17_hb1208t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Telehealth - Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1208f.pdf)
3. **Third - Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1208t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-04-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a7950d5-8f53-4c7f-b211-c5b5c1194bc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).