---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage"
description: "Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 393"
citation: "Maryland HB 393 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Beauchamp", "Behler", "Boyce", "Feldmark", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Kaiser", "Kipke", "McComas", "Metzgar", "Nkongolo", "Patterson", "Reilly", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt", "Simmons", "T. Morgan", "Vogel", "Wims", "Woods", "Woorman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04003621-f8d5-4d01-ad6e-e013d1626297"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0393?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "93d14a2c6034ec170787a800afa39e579fc4c9c1d0a72d0bb4652c903691d57f"
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 393 (2026) — Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_52_hb0393t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0393f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0393t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Beauchamp — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Nkongolo — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/05 at 1:45 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 52 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04003621-f8d5-4d01-ad6e-e013d1626297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).