---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts"
description: "Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 973"
citation: "Maryland HB 973 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c29fdcf-4a8f-4b69-b378-da30da4f7b9e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0973?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f7009b39b6006d054256a8108f1010460a18e19773f4851e1c694a30041d619a"
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 973 (2022) — Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_307_hb0973t.pdf)
2. **First - Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0973f.pdf)
3. **Third - Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0973t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly — 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 3/10 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c29fdcf-4a8f-4b69-b378-da30da4f7b9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).