---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act)"
description: "State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "Maryland HB 379 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Korman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b6c87f0-2ae3-4d31-98a3-203a6b56b5f7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0379?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6116feb51a92bfe9307b2c0cdd09a6f581878cfe3b056d321201207e5ce8f1ee"
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 379 (2022) — State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_445_hb0379e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0379e.pdf)
3. **First - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0379f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Eligibility for Enrollment and Participation (Independent Agency Health Insurance Option Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0379t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **126–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Korman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-30** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b6c87f0-2ae3-4d31-98a3-203a6b56b5f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).