---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "Maryland HB 445 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woorman", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef42f68d-4731-43f4-9a6e-b6f443f2b7f8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0445?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "212f74d6cc816cbfedaf4f312613e642dcbbc2502cdc8f14770cfcac9494e9ef"
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 445 (2026) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_628_hb0445t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0445f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses and Prostheses (So Every Body Can Move Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0445t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/12 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef42f68d-4731-43f4-9a6e-b6f443f2b7f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).