---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements"
description: "Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "Maryland SB 773 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/236d34cc-d764-4267-a2aa-c803202ad426"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0773?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9e1481e26bfba7c47c0b6065fab6371c0c1c11c21e1410789f71a5ab3e08d59b"
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 773 (2025) — Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_692_sb0773e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0773e.pdf)
3. **First - Health Benefit Plans – Calculation of Cost Sharing Contribution – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0773f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health Benefit Plans – Calculation of Cost Sharing Contribution – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0773t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-15** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Cullison) Adopted
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Substitute Committee Amendment {
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2025-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hershey, Lam and Gile)
- **2025-04-07** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2025-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hershey, Lam and Gile)
- **2025-04-07** House Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, S. Johnson and Kipke)
- **2025-04-07** House Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, S. Johnson and Kipke)
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 692 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/236d34cc-d764-4267-a2aa-c803202ad426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).