---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Personal Care Aides - Wage Reports"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Personal Care Aides - Wage Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 371"
citation: "Maryland SB 371 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8989cd-69b0-4c41-9f30-b521ac661acc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0371?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "159978a9fafd9dee10a5f10ddea2d024041a3063bb63cd22671782eeabfcb4ed"
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 371 (2024) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Personal Care Aides - Wage Reports

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Personal Care Aides - Wage Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_864_sb0371t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wage Reports (Homecare Workers Livable Wage Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0371f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Personal Care Aides - Wage Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0371t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **105–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 864 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a8989cd-69b0-4c41-9f30-b521ac661acc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).