---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Health Collaborative Pilot Repeal and Mid Shore Health Improvement Coalition Funding"
description: "Rural Health Collaborative Pilot Repeal and Mid Shore Health Improvement Coalition Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Maryland HB 497 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02910571-0b55-4a0c-969e-fa29a925c080"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0497?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d9a0c3236a2c39c9407307a93e8d84815f0f98b605af42979f080473b5e20e83"
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 497 (2023) — Rural Health Collaborative Pilot Repeal and Mid Shore Health Improvement Coalition Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Rural Health Collaborative Pilot Repeal and Mid Shore Health Improvement Coalition Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_35_hb0497t.pdf)
2. **First - Rural Health Collaborative Pilot Repeal and Mid Shore Health Improvement Coalition Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0497f.pdf)
3. **Third - Rural Health Collaborative Pilot Repeal and Mid Shore Health Improvement Coalition Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0497t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02910571-0b55-4a0c-969e-fa29a925c080`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).