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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study"
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description: "Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 772"
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citation: "Maryland HB 772 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Edelson", "Forbes", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Ruff", "S. Johnson", "Shetty", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-04"
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last_action: "2026-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/499de761-8282-4099-964f-51fb81814c37"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0772?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "e82f03f447074a5d58a9dcaefa738f55a2a0518f6e610da71c40cf1190f5ff92"
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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 772 (2026) — Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study
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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 - Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_219_hb0772e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0772e.pdf)
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3. **First - Workgroup on Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0772f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0772t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **122–7** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **111–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- D. Jones — primary (person)
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- Edelson — primary (person)
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- Forbes — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- McCaskill — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- Ross — primary (person)
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- Ruff — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Shetty — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Woorman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-04** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
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- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 219 `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/499de761-8282-4099-964f-51fb81814c37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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