---
type: "Bill"
title: "Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program"
description: "Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Maryland SB 244 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision", "President"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35bf74f1-bfe1-4e65-a772-0e6fa4383897"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0244?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "48185cdfdccad9d6231f754c33f0b06ed22b471f85a32b9c00f047bc957dea57"
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 244 (2026) — Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_864_sb0244t.pdf)
2. **First - Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0244f.pdf)
3. **Third - Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0244t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Department of Legislative Services - Code Revision — primary (person)
- President — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 1/27 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-31** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 864 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35bf74f1-bfe1-4e65-a772-0e6fa4383897`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).