---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance – Provider Panels – Providers of Community–Based Health Services"
description: "Health Insurance – Provider Panels – Providers of Community–Based Health Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 601"
citation: "Maryland HB 601 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs", "Kelly", "Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8ff8c3d-2a77-48d7-acf8-59faf5977791"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0601?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9884eecd1f5bd6d7f748104dae1cdee9089eb89e5ca9afae46bbb6cb64baf6bf"
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 601 (2020) — Health Insurance – Provider Panels – Providers of Community–Based Health Services

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Insurance – Provider Panels – Providers of Community–Based Health Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_271_hb0601e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Insurance – Provider Panels – Providers of Community–Based Health Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0601e.pdf)
3. **First - Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Registered Psychology Associates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0601f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Registered Psychology Associates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0601t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-13** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `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** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 271 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8ff8c3d-2a77-48d7-acf8-59faf5977791`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).