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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Managed Care Organizations That Use Pharmacy Benefits Managers – Audit and Professional Dispensing Fees"
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description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Managed Care Organizations That Use Pharmacy Benefits Managers – Audit and Professional Dispensing Fees"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 589"
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citation: "Maryland HB 589 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Auditors and Audits", "Contracts", "Data", "Drugs", "Emergency Bills", "Fees", "Health", "Department of", "Insurance", "Managed Care Organizations", "Medical Assistance", "Pharmacy Benefits Managers", "Pharmacists and Pharmacies", "Prices", "Reimbursement Rates", "Reports", "Sunset"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barron"]
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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: "2019-02-04"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d00575c-7c45-4996-9b14-a093ed724a01"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB589&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "6e508d2d4749b4335926eeb8c189cd7d2206ebd382b37a83a0cbeacb074b62dd"
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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 HB 589 (2019) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Managed Care Organizations That Use Pharmacy Benefits Managers – Audit and Professional Dispensing Fees
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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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0589f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barron — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — cosponsor (person)
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- Bhandari — cosponsor (person)
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- Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles — cosponsor (person)
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- Chisholm — cosponsor (person)
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- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
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- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
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- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
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- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
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- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Saab — cosponsor (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-04** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {676183/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-18** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed
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- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 534 `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/9d00575c-7c45-4996-9b14-a093ed724a01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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