---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services - Critical Medical Needs Program - Application for Assistance"
description: "Human Services - Critical Medical Needs Program - Application for Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 907"
citation: "Maryland SB 907 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b8ca56-c553-4103-b726-0deacd183082"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0907?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9d388e64aab18ef11dea2937458fc676e294161aed110b553990589d537e4da8"
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 907 (2021) — Human Services - Critical Medical Needs Program - Application for Assistance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Services - Critical Medical Needs Program - Application for Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_381_sb0907t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Services - Critical Medical Needs Program - Application for Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0907f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Services - Critical Medical Needs Program - Application for Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0907t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 381 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42b8ca56-c553-4103-b726-0deacd183082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).