---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care"
description: "Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1365"
citation: "Maryland HB 1365 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "Reilly", "Rose", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "S. Johnson", "Spiegel", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff8b8a32-a713-4c98-aa0b-e20843cfd077"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1365?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "14d66b3b29aba964d8d0c996c0960194624f4d43099ab83daf0aee4d217f1533"
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 1365 (2026) — Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_606_hb1365t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training and Coverage Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1365f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations, Public Health, and Insurance - Menopause - Provider Training Coverage Requirements, Policy Initiatives, and Access to Care** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1365t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-13** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-16** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff8b8a32-a713-4c98-aa0b-e20843cfd077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).