---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study"
description: "Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 772"
citation: "Maryland HB 772 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Edelson", "Forbes", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Ruff", "S. Johnson", "Shetty", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/499de761-8282-4099-964f-51fb81814c37"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0772?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e82f03f447074a5d58a9dcaefa738f55a2a0518f6e610da71c40cf1190f5ff92"
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 772 (2026) — Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_219_hb0772e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0772e.pdf)
3. **First - Workgroup on Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0772f.pdf)
4. **Third - Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0772t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **122–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **111–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/499de761-8282-4099-964f-51fb81814c37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).