---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care"
description: "Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 892"
citation: "Maryland SB 892 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Gile", "Hester", "Hettleman", "King", "Love"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffcb7857-3720-42a7-b3dd-23740b593367"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0892?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "89780d1d7750deb1c86b78dcf7237bff652fea0f69ceb33eb299f4e6e06ea23a"
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 892 (2026) — Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_605_sb0892t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health – Perimenopausal, Menopausal, and Postmenopausal Conditions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0892f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0892t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Love — 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.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 605 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffcb7857-3720-42a7-b3dd-23740b593367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).