2024 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
HB1351: Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment
Legislative Summary
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for the full length of long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses under certain circumstances; and prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from placing a quantitative limit on or denying coverage for benefits required under the Act.
Bill History
2/9/2024
First Reading Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
2/9/2024
Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(2/9/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Health and Government Operations(House of Delegates)
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 16
Democrat: 2
Primary Sponsor

Seth Howard
Republican
Co-Sponsors (17)
Steven Arentz
Republican
Jason Buckel
Republican
Frank Conaway
Democrat
Wayne Hartman
Republican
Jim Hinebaugh
Republican
Kevin Hornberger
Republican
Jay Jacobs
Republican
Nicholaus Kipke
Republican
Susan McComas
Republican
April Fleming Miller
Republican
Todd Morgan
Republican
Rachel Munoz
Republican
Ryan Nawrocki
Republican
Charles Otto
Republican
Teresa Reilly
Republican
April Rose
Republican
Kym Taylor
Democrat