---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Maryland SB 231 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Ellis", "Gile", "Griffith", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Hester", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Mautz", "Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19c78c93-5ced-4d24-8337-08be2ac09224"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0231?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9f1f9e8051e883827a551c9a534d8855014c05ffc7efe6742930a2886a2a8db8"
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 231 (2023) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_621_sb0231t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0231f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0231t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19c78c93-5ced-4d24-8337-08be2ac09224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).