---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Behavior Technicians - Reimbursement"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Behavior Technicians - Reimbursement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 898"
citation: "Maryland SB 898 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71e9e774-78ee-4948-9701-029f49633a6a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0898?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "87546a54d4f4a45b7e7ccea0fff0c7cbcc4b819c0f382661005783806cb2b431"
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 SB 898 (2026) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Behavior Technicians - Reimbursement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Behavior Technicians - Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_867_sb0898e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Behavior Technicians - Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0898e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Registered Behavior Technicians – Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0898f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Registered Behavior Technicians – Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0898t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-31** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 867 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71e9e774-78ee-4948-9701-029f49633a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).