---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology - Identification of Regulatory Agency"
description: "Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology - Identification of Regulatory Agency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Maryland SB 99 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-09-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/079bbb93-8fec-419a-ae93-fdbaf5540f80"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0099?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6ca16d00ec6b4948fd2473e89f0329a59ab2d53255badf736d7a2c359e41c7f1"
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 99 (2020) — Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology - Identification of Regulatory Agency

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology - Identification of Regulatory Agency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_525_sb0099e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology - Identification of Regulatory Agency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0099e.pdf)
3. **First - Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology - Identification of Regulatory Agency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0099f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology - Identification of Regulatory Agency** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0099t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **124–2** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-19** Hearing 1/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-17** 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** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Cullison) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 525 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/079bbb93-8fec-419a-ae93-fdbaf5540f80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).