---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1078"
citation: "Maryland HB 1078 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Anderton", "Foley", "Guzzone", "Lehman", "Martinez", "Mireku-North", "Patterson", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Ruth", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Taveras", "Terrasa", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a9f9bd0-f47d-4982-84d4-c5b37a83bcd1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1078?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "970ee73b7738c8489537693beb72b55ec5b4162a2403692d3a4827d11b80ac42"
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 1078 (2024) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_889_hb1078t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1078f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1078t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 889 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a9f9bd0-f47d-4982-84d4-c5b37a83bcd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).