# Maryland SB 0372: Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025

Maryland SB 0372, Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Pamela Beidle (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0372
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Last action: 2025-05-13, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481
- Sponsor: Pamela Beidle (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Subjects: Health - Insurance, Public Health, Controlled Dangerous Substances -see also- Drugs; Opioids, Drugs -see also- Cannabis; ControlDangSubst; Pharm; etc., Emergencies -see also- Pandemics, Health -see also- COVID19; EnvHlth; MedCon; etc., Health Insurance -see also- ACA; HMOs; MCOs, Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs, Health Occupations -see also- (specific health occupations), Medical Assistance, Medical Testing and Diagnosis, Medical Treatments, Nonprofit Organizations, Patients, Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index, Reimbursement Rates, Reports, Standards and Best Practices, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Telephones
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (222 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Equal telehealth payments for insured Maryland patients: benefit, medium. Beginning June 1, 2025, Maryland Medicaid and state-regulated private plans permanently pay for appropriate, covered telehealth on the same basis and at the same rate as in-person care. This removes the former June 30, 2025, expiration. Medicaid providers must meet program rules, including out-of-n…
- Maryland patients keep covered phone visits: benefit, medium. Beginning June 1, 2025, Maryland permanently keeps qualifying audio-only phone visits within Medicaid and state-regulated private-plan telehealth rules. This removes the former June 30, 2025, expiration. The call must be between a patient and provider and deliver a billable service covered by the p…
- Care safeguards for Maryland telehealth patients: benefit, low. Beginning June 1, 2025, Maryland practitioners must meet the same care standards for telehealth as for in-person visits. They must assess the patient and condition before giving treatment or a prescription. That assessment can happen through a live visit or information reviewed later. When medicall…
- More telehealth prescribing for Maryland pain patients: benefit, low. Beginning June 1, 2025, Maryland adds a telehealth prescribing option for Schedule II opiates used to treat pain. The prescriber must have an established patient relationship and ongoing responsibility for the patient’s assessment, care, and treatment. The prescriber or another practitioner in the…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Pamela Beidle (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Alonzo T. Washington (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Carl Jackson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Arthur Ellis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dawn Gile (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Antonio Hayes (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stephen S. Hershey (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Benjamin F. Kramer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Clarence K. Lam (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Johnny Mautz (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Justin Ready (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 46 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-31 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 131 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 45 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2025-05-13: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481
- 2025-04-02: Passed Enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Third Reading Passed (46-1) (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Senate Concurs House Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Third Reading Passed (131-0) (House)
- 2025-03-28: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2025-03-28: Favorable with Amendments {993822/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-28: Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-03-15: Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-02-21: Referred Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-02-20: Third Reading Passed (45-0) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Favorable with Amendments {333922/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (Senate)
- 2025-01-20: Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-17: First Reading Finance (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-05-13: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_481_sb0372e.pdf)
- Enrolled, 2025-04-02: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0372e.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-02-18: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0372t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-17: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0372f.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_481_sb0372e.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0372e.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0372t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0372f.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-SB0372-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).