Maryland House Bill 283 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60-0)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2024, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide gender-affirming treatment in a nondiscriminatory manner; requiring that the gender-affirming treatment be assessed according to nondiscriminatory criteria that are consistent with current clinical standards; prohibiting the issuance of an adverse benefit determination related to gender-affirming treatment unless a certain experienced health care provider has reviewed and confirmed the appropriateness of the determination; etc.

Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Gender-Affirming Treatment (Trans Health Equity Act)

Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Gabriel Acevero [D]	Del. Nick Allen [D]
Del. Marlon Amprey [D]	Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Ben Barnes [D]
Del. Kumar Barve [D]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Jon Cardin [D]	Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]
Del. Luke Clippinger [D]	Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Mark Edelson [D]	Del. Elizabeth Embry [D]
Del. Kris Fair [D]	Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Diana Fennell [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]
Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Brooke Grossman [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]
Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Dana Jones [D]	Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]
Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]
Del. Sara Love [D]	Del. Aletheia McCaskill [D]	Del. Bernice Mireku-North [D]	Del. David Moon [D]
Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Del. Cheryl Pasteur [D]	Del. Lily Qi [D]	Del. Pamela Queen [D]
Del. Kirill Reznik [D]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Sheila Ruth [D]	Del. Emily Shetty [D]
Del. Karen Simpson [D]	Del. Stephanie Smith [D]	Del. Jared Solomon [D]	Del. Dana Stein [D]
Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Jen Terrasa [D]	Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]
Del. Joe Vogel [D]	Del. Courtney Watson [D]	Del. Melissa Wells [D]	Del. Jheanelle Wilkins [D]
Del. Natalie Ziegler [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]

2023-04-07 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 97 N: 39 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-31 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 31 N: 13 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-18 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 93 N: 37 NV: 5 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-03-17 - House - Floor Amendment 613726/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (Y: 36 N: 91 NV: 9 Abs: 4) [FAIL]
2023-03-17 - House - Floor Amendment 543322/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (Y: 37 N: 90 NV: 9 Abs: 4) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253
2023-04-07	House	Passed Enrolled
2023-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed (97-39)
2023-04-07	House	House Concurs Senate Amendments
2023-03-31	Senate	Third Reading Passed (31-13)
2023-03-30	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-30	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {883529/1 Adopted
2023-03-29	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2023-03-20	Senate	Referred Finance
2023-03-18	House	Third Reading Passed (93-37)
2023-03-17	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-17	House	Floor Amendment {613726/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (36-91)
2023-03-17	House	Floor Amendment {543322/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (37-90)
2023-03-16	House	Motion Laid Over (Delegate Fisher) Adopted
2023-03-16	House	Floor Amendment {543322/1 (Delegate Fisher)
2023-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments {803622/1 Adopted
2023-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2023-01-29	House	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-01-25	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB682 (Carry Over) 2022-03-21 - Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
SB460 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 252

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	15	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	15	151	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0283?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0283f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0283t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0283e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_253_hb0283e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0283_80362201.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0283_54332201.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0283_61372601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0283_88352901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0283_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0283_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0440.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0441.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0462.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/1190.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0835.pdf