2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB1268: 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.

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Bill History

2/7/2025
First Reading Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/11/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
3/11/2025
Hearing 3/11 at 2:45 p.m.
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/7/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Health and Government Operations(House of Delegates)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/7/202594.5 KB