---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 726"
citation: "Maryland HB 726 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Allen", "Amprey", "Bartlett", "Bhandari", "Boyce", "Chang", "Charles", "Crosby", "Feldmark", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Rogers", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Smith", "Terrasa", "Valderrama", "Wilson", "Wu"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5376c2a-9295-46f3-9f7d-fc04ef2131b2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0726?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dfb44718097606032ef68fa5e919d88ffc9597d5e0be408a3bbffa878363da21"
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 726 (2023) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_620_hb0726t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0726f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Autism Waiver - Military Families** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0726t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5376c2a-9295-46f3-9f7d-fc04ef2131b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).