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type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage"
description: "Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Maryland SB 272 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8fc17c5-bcc5-4e11-9c8d-c817d02ef986"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0272?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c455b4a59020dd108a33e80a9fea39ffe378ed6edbb6ccb65ea6b653218b8cf5"
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 272 (2026) — Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_51_sb0272t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0272f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Insurance - Scalp Cooling Systems - Required Coverage** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0272t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1276** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **430** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gile — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 51 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8fc17c5-bcc5-4e11-9c8d-c817d02ef986`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).