---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Recovery Residences - Refusing Services to Individuals Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment - Prohibition"
description: "Certified Recovery Residences - Refusing Services to Individuals Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1249"
citation: "Maryland HB 1249 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42fa8f09-7a9b-4001-9170-a4a7b9bc0386"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1249?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d4e19e3e175b31fb92099eaf0b76cf086af74883c5c43001f9a32807f066ff6d"
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 1249 (2026) — Certified Recovery Residences - Refusing Services to Individuals Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment - Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Certified Recovery Residences - Refusing Services to Individuals Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_793_hb1249t.pdf)
2. **First - Certified Recovery Residences - Refusing Services to Individuals Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1249f.pdf)
3. **Third - Certified Recovery Residences - Refusing Services to Individuals Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1249t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **102–33** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **36–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-11** Hearing 3/11 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2026-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-11** Hearing 3/11 at 2:40 p.m.
- **2026-03-11** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-11** Hearing 3/11 at 3:10 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 793 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42fa8f09-7a9b-4001-9170-a4a7b9bc0386`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).