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type: "Bill"
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title: "Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program"
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description: "Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 502"
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citation: "Maryland SB 502 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ferguson", "Hershey"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-29"
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last_action: "2020-04-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/404f6f5c-9c01-42cb-93fa-db1263ddefec"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0502?ys=2020RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "9c1b15f60ec69ae42f3c91eb4829aa41a8e4d230b3366395282a8a87afe25bc8"
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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 502 (2020) — Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program
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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. **Chapter - Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_18_sb0502t.pdf)
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2. **First - Health Insurance - Telehealth - Delivery of Mental Health Services - Coverage for Home Settings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0502f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Telehealth – Mental Health and Chronic Condition Management Services – Coverage and Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0502t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ferguson — primary (person)
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- Hershey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-13** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
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- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-13** Floor Amendment {
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- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-15** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
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- **2020-04-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 18 `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/404f6f5c-9c01-42cb-93fa-db1263ddefec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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