---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance – Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits – Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data"
description: "Health Insurance – Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits – Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 334"
citation: "Maryland SB 334 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a60343ee-67ea-4eee-8363-e59dec1f8caa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0334?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "93adb10c0f23565192762184cf0b40abe107a4c2c09305f24079514da14db7ca"
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 334 (2020) — Health Insurance – Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits – Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Insurance – Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits – Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_212_sb0334t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Insurance - Coverage for Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits - Treatment Criteria** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0334f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Insurance – Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits – Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0334t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 212 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a60343ee-67ea-4eee-8363-e59dec1f8caa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).