---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Records - Disclosure of Directory Information and Medical Records"
description: "Medical Records - Disclosure of Directory Information and Medical Records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1468"
citation: "Maryland HB 1468 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Disclosure", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Patients", "Privacy", "Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7621f19c-b399-4cc7-adda-a62ec601c776"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1468&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "faa2823428688f9f2d0f6e3e0cf8ea018011036d72f69051b8ed26f0c9ee3b82"
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 1468 (2017) — Medical Records - Disclosure of Directory Information and Medical Records

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1468f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {296885/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable with Amendments {637672/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 700 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7621f19c-b399-4cc7-adda-a62ec601c776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).