---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1301"
citation: "Maryland HB 1301 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "White Holland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd628dd8-9e99-4375-b3b4-e75ead11a5d8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1301?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "257dc8b0fc5ad2c591108d11f196c57bf7bdf6634a69a8bf9a9c08060266d3a0"
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 1301 (2025) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_612_hb1301t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1301f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1301t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/06 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-03** Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2025-03-08** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-08** Hearing 3/10 at 11:30 a.m.
- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd628dd8-9e99-4375-b3b4-e75ead11a5d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).