SB 891 — Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-06
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for screening for perinatal behavioral health conditions at certain times; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to identify certain screening tools and to assist certain health care providers with accessing resources and referral services related to screening for perinatal behavioral health conditions; etc.
Latest action: — In the Senate - Returned Passed
Sponsors (5)
- Dawn Gile (D, MD-33) — sponsor · 2026-02-06
- Pamela Beidle (D, MD-32) — cosponsor · 2026-02-06
- Katie Fry Hester (D, MD-9) — cosponsor · 2026-02-06
- Shelly Hettleman (D, MD-11) — cosponsor · 2026-02-06
- Nancy J. King (D, MD-39) — cosponsor · 2026-02-06
Action timeline (9)
- · senate — First Reading
- · senate — Hearing — Finance
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Second Reading — Passed
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable
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referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House health | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | Senate finance | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawn Gile (D, state_upper MD-33) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Katie Fry Hester (D, state_upper MD-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Nancy J. King (D, state_upper MD-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Pamela Beidle (D, state_upper MD-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Shelly Hettleman (D, state_upper MD-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House health · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate finance · md-leg