# Maryland SB 0608: Maryland Medical Assistance Plan and Health Insurance - Pharmacogenomic Testing - Required Coverage

Maryland SB 0608, Maryland Medical Assistance Plan and Health Insurance - Pharmacogenomic Testing - Required Coverage, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Johnny Mautz (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-25 (Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0608
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Maryland Medical Assistance Plan and Health Insurance - Pharmacogenomic Testing - Required Coverage
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-05
- Last action: 2026-03-25, Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsor: Johnny Mautz (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Health - Insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations, Auditors and Audits, Biotechnology, Discipline, Drugs -see also- Cannabis; ControlDangSubst; Pharm; etc., Evaluations and Reviews, Genetics, Health -see also- COVID19; EnvHlth; MedCon; etc., Health, Department of, Health Insurance -see also- ACA; HMOs; MCOs, Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs, Insurance Administration, Managed Care Organizations -see also- Health Maint Orgs, Medical Assistance, Medical Conditions -see also- AIDS; COVID-19; rabies, Medical Testing and Diagnosis, Mental and Behavioral Health -see also- Aut; Cogn; Dev; etc., Nonprofit Organizations, Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty, Plans and Proposals, Time
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (39 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Johnny Mautz (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-20 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 39 | 0 | 3 |

## Actions (8)

- 2026-03-25: Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2026-03-23: Referred Health (House)
- 2026-03-20: Third Reading Passed (39-0) (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Favorable with Amendments {243527/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: First Reading Finance (Senate)

## Bill text

- Third Reading, 2026-03-20: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0608t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2026-02-05: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0608f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0496: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Authorization (became law)
- SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishment (became law)
- SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law)
- SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-1 Specialists Act) (became law)
- SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits (became law)
- HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program (became law)

## Sources
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0608t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0608f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0496: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - A…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0496-2026RS)
- [SB 0366: Motor Vehicles - Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program - Establishm…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0366-2026RS)
- [SB 0244: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0244-2026RS)
- [SB 0148: Income Tax - Credit for 9-1-1 Specialist Retirement Income (Supporting Our 9-1-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0148-2026RS)
- [SB 0016: Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0016-2026RS)
- [HB 0529: Code Revision - Health - Maryland Medical Assistance Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0529-2026RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0608-2026RS (as of 2026-10-19).