---
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: "SB 502"
citation: "Maryland SB 502 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferguson", "Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/404f6f5c-9c01-42cb-93fa-db1263ddefec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0502?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9c1b15f60ec69ae42f3c91eb4829aa41a8e4d230b3366395282a8a87afe25bc8"
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 502 (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_18_sb0502t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Insurance - Telehealth - Delivery of Mental Health Services - Coverage for Home Settings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0502f.pdf)
3. **Third - Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0502t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-04-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/404f6f5c-9c01-42cb-93fa-db1263ddefec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).