---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Doula Services - Coverage"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Doula Services - Coverage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 166"
citation: "Maryland SB 166 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis", "Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf765b2f-9f72-454e-a1e2-4d6ceec47aa0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0166?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4de82e9eb2d1c577eef0915807a59138925a9618af0eaeb7608dd68a9597a592"
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 166 (2022) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Doula Services - Coverage

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Doula Services - Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_726_sb0166t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Doula Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0166f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Doula Services - Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0166t.pdf)

## Votes

- The bill is on third reading for final passage. — **30–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **116–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-16** Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 726 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf765b2f-9f72-454e-a1e2-4d6ceec47aa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).