---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Specialty Mental Health Services and Payment of Claims - Enforcement"
description: "Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Specialty Mental Health Services and Payment of Claims - Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 638"
citation: "Maryland SB 638 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Feldman", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kelley", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Ready"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75d0520b-de61-4993-82f3-ff288564dfb2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0638?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a99443b3c80cd3950ce7dc5d16d4855d49ed188c6a018efa547cddb1d16d3ece"
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 638 (2021) — Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Specialty Mental Health Services and Payment of Claims - Enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Specialty Mental Health Services and Payment of Claims - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_152_sb0638e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Specialty Mental Health Services and Payment of Claims - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0638e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Insurance Commissioner – Specialty Mental Health Services and Payment of Claims – Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0638f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Insurance Commissioner – Specialty Mental Health Services and Payment of Claims – Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0638t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-31** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75d0520b-de61-4993-82f3-ff288564dfb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).