---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021"
description: "Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 123"
citation: "Maryland HB 123 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Stein", "Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-10-13"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd03bf4a-100c-4726-b819-c593e06aaa3b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0123?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b9cf59e09540a04a69b1ead54400246855ed447c9efa0b805d9d6e7f4f559e2"
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 123 (2021) — Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_70_hb0123e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0123e.pdf)
3. **First - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0123f.pdf)
4. **Third - Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0123t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Rose /663925/1 — **43–94** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 70 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd03bf4a-100c-4726-b819-c593e06aaa3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).