---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act)"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 742"
citation: "Maryland SB 742 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f678547-f560-47ea-92f4-9df9d0adde4b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0742?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "08b821cc52268a2f6baa0c7e669f746357cbc04a82cf11bd7305b74a0e8d3751"
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 742 (2026) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_175_sb0742e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0742e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0742f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0742t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **132–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 04/09 (Delegate Bagnall) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f678547-f560-47ea-92f4-9df9d0adde4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).