---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage"
description: "Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Maryland HB 23 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-15"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35aa7667-01f6-4f9e-aa26-b87b913bed5d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0023?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "53a9dfb3759a647f5393c860759b83c7c155159dc66e48bcd4d78224b7356dca"
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 23 (2024) — Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_115_hb0023t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0023f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Qualified Health Plans - Dental Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0023t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-01-17** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 115 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35aa7667-01f6-4f9e-aa26-b87b913bed5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).