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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Pharmacies and Pharmacists - Information on and Sales of Prescription Drugs"
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description: "Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Pharmacies and Pharmacists - Information on and Sales of Prescription Drugs"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 576"
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citation: "Maryland SB 576 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Health Occupations", "Drugs", "Health Occupations", "Pharmacists and Pharmacies", "Prices", "Retail Sales"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-31"
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last_action: "2018-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dba5790-5e12-40d9-bb9c-1d2ca6ea0fb3"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB576&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "bbb32b0dacf098dd1bc113be665608c36747b40e31e25e02c8f11d51aff121c3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 576 (2018) — Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Pharmacies and Pharmacists - Information on and Sales of Prescription Drugs
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0576f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Klausmeier — primary (person)
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- Astle — cosponsor (person)
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- Benson — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-31** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments {117276/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
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- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 218 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dba5790-5e12-40d9-bb9c-1d2ca6ea0fb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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