---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance - Prescription Insulin Drugs - Limits on Copayment and Coinsurance (Insulin Cost Reduction Act)"
description: "Health Insurance - Prescription Insulin Drugs - Limits on Copayment and Coinsurance (Insulin Cost Reduction Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1397"
citation: "Maryland HB 1397 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Barnes", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Carey", "Carr", "Charles", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Henson", "Hill", "Howell", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kaiser", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Landis", "Lehman", "Morgan", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pendergrass", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Reznik", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Sample-Hughes", "Szeliga", "Valderrama", "Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51ee8ac3-c05f-4647-bff5-425b339347a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1397?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5aff2044a224fb8c761518816584dd75c42d73d430ee53cff94b2e2081afb82f"
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 1397 (2022) — Health Insurance - Prescription Insulin Drugs - Limits on Copayment and Coinsurance (Insulin Cost Reduction Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Insurance - Prescription Insulin Drugs - Limits on Copayment and Coinsurance (Insulin Cost Reduction Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_405_hb1397t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Insurance - Prescription Insulin Drugs - Limits on Copayment and Coinsurance (Insulin Cost Reduction Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1397f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Insurance - Prescription Insulin Drugs - Limits on Copayment and Coinsurance (Insulin Cost Reduction Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1397t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Barnes — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Carey — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Landis — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pendergrass — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2022-03-03** Hearing 3/15 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51ee8ac3-c05f-4647-bff5-425b339347a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).