---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Network Adequacy"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Network Adequacy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 971"
citation: "Maryland HB 971 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kipke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8ce3b84-55aa-4970-bf43-59c4165f288d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0971?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "372627356b65cb9fd28287e70aa60fab215d05794b07dc85c4955df5817a13ca"
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 971 (2022) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Network Adequacy

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Network Adequacy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_251_hb0971e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Network Adequacy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0971e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Abuse Treatment - Network Adequacy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0971f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Substance Abuse Treatment - Network Adequacy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0971t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kipke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8ce3b84-55aa-4970-bf43-59c4165f288d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).