Bill Number Bill Name MDDCSAM Position Outcome Session
SB 902, HB 11 'Health Insurance - Access to Nonparticipating Providers - Referrals, Additional Assistance, and Coverage' Support Passed with Amendments 2025
Bill Focus: Treatment Access
Bill Information:

A priority of the Maryland Parity Coalition, removes the sunset on the law passed in 2022 which prohibited an out-of-network provider from balance-billing a patient for SUD / behavioral health services for the difference between their charges and the amount reimbursed by the insurance carrier. See an explainer of the original 2022 law HERE: https://www.lac.org/resource/guide-to-marylands-new-balance-billing-law