# Maryland HB 1301: Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations

Maryland HB 1301, Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-20 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 1301
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Last action: 2025-05-20, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612
- Sponsor: Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Subjects: Health - Insurance, Public Health, Health Maintenance Organizations, Age -see also- Age of Maj; Children; Elderly; Inf&Tod.; etc, Children (4-12), Health -see also- COVID19; EnvHlth; MedCon; etc., Health Insurance -see also- ACA; HMOs; MCOs, Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs, Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals, Managed Care Organizations -see also- Health Maint Orgs, Medical Assistance, Nonprofit Organizations, Pediatricians, Teenagers (13-19)
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (183 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- No advance approval for pediatric hospital transfers: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, Maryland’s Medicaid and Children’s Health programs cannot require advance approval for special pediatric hospital transfers. Covered private insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations face the same ban. For these private plans, the rule…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Heather Bagnall (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brian Chisholm (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bonnie Cullison (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Pam Lanman Guzzone (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Terri L. Hill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas S. Hutchinson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Anne R. Kaiser (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kenneth Kerr (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Nicholaus R. Kipke (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lesley J. Lopez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ashanti Martinez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kim Ross (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Johnson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kathy Szeliga (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jennifer White Holland (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 136 | 1 | 1 |

## Actions (22)

- 2025-05-20: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612
- 2025-04-07: Returned Passed (House)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Second Reading Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Favorable Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Favorable Report by Finance (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Referred Finance (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Third Reading Passed (136-1) (House)
- 2025-03-17: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2025-03-17: Favorable with Amendments {183726/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-17: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-03-08: Hearing 3/10 at 11:30 a.m. (House)
- 2025-03-08: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing 3/10 at 11:00 a.m. (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing 3/06 at 2:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-02-12: Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-02-07: First Reading Health and Government Operations (House)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-05-20: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_612_hb1301t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-17: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1301t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-02-07: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1301f.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_612_hb1301t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1301t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1301f.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1301-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).