2025 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
SB921: Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols - Drugs to Treat Associated Conditions of Advanced Metastatic Cancer
Legislative Summary
Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a step therapy or fail-first protocol for certain prescription drugs prescribed by a treating physician to treat a symptom of or side effect from the treatment of stage four metastatic cancer; etc.
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Bill History
2/3/2025
First Reading Finance
Senate
2/6/2025
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
3/27/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
Senate
3/28/2025
Favorable with Amendments {613025/1 Adopted
Senate
3/28/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Senate
3/31/2025
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Senate
4/1/2025
Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
House of Delegates
4/2/2025
Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
4/3/2025
Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
4/3/2025
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Third Reading Passed (136-1)
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Returned Passed
Senate
Amendments
Favorable with Amendments 613025/1 Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 613025/1 Adopted
3/28/2025Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Third Reading Passed
4/7/2025
136
Yea
1
Nay
3
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Enrolled(4/7/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Dawn Gile
Democrat