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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Dispensing Synchronization"
description: "Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Dispensing Synchronization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 898"
citation: "Maryland SB 898 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Controlled Dangerous Substances", "Drugs", "Health Insurance", "Health Maintenance Organizations", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Pharmacists and Pharmacies", "Prices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Astle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0064c1d-a4c7-4cb7-87f2-95329e8eff34"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB898&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "d517cdb5dddfb592c1bf3cd6019bf271819a67391565e8b7ad21b0354d9be1c2"
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 (2017) — Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Dispensing Synchronization
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0898f.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **470** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **1380** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Astle — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Favorable with Amendments {617075/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-24** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-24** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 767 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0064c1d-a4c7-4cb7-87f2-95329e8eff34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).