HB0071 • 2026

Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program Services - Reimbursement (Youth Psychiatric Rehabilitation Parity Act of 2026)

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Delegate Sample-Hughes
Last action: 2026-02-16
Official status: In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Effective date: 2026-06-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program Services - Reimbursement (Youth Psychiatric Rehabilitation Parity Act of 2026)

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt regulations requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to reimburse a psychiatric rehabilitation program for a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 30 psychiatric rehabilitation community psychiatric support services delivered to certain individuals each month.

What This Bill Does

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt regulations requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to reimburse a psychiatric rehabilitation program for a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 30 psychiatric rehabilitation community psychiatric support services delivered to certain individuals each month.

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Bill History

2026-02-16 House
Withdrawn by Sponsor
2026-02-09 House
Hearing canceled
2026-01-22 House
Hearing 2/10 at 2:00 p.m.
2026-01-14 House
First Reading Health
2025-10-30 House
Pre-filed
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program Services - Reimbursement (Youth Psychiatric Rehabilitation Parity Act of 2026)
Maryland General Assembly
Vote - House - Committee - Health

Official Summary Text

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt regulations requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to reimburse a psychiatric rehabilitation program for a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 30 psychiatric rehabilitation community psychiatric support services delivered to certain individuals each month.

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*hb0071*

HOUSE BILL 71
J1 6lr1511
(PRE–FILED)
By: Delegate Sample–Hughes
Requested: October 30, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Health

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program 2
Services – Reimbursement 3
(Youth Psychiatric Rehabilitation Parity Act of 2026) 4

FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt regulations 5
requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to reimburse a psychiatric 6
rehabilitation program for a minimum and maximum number of psychiatric 7
rehabilitation community psychiatric suppo rt services delivered to certain 8
individuals each month; and generally relating to the Maryland Medical Assistance 9
Program and reimbursement for psychiatric rehabilitation program services. 10

BY adding to 11
Article – Health – General 12
Section 15–103.9 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17

Article – Health – General 18

15–103.9. 19

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS REQUIRING THE PROGRAM 20
TO REIMBURSE A PSYCHIATRIC REHABI LITATION PROGRAM FOR PSYCHIATRIC 21
REHABILITATION PROGRAM COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC SUPPORT SERVICES FOR A 22
MINIMUM OF 6 SERVICES AND A MAXIM UM OF 30 SERVICES PER MONTH F OR 23
SERVICES DELIVERED ON–SITE OR OFF–SITE TO AN INDIVIDUAL: 24
2 HOUSE BILL 71

(1) WITH A SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DI STURBANCE OR A SERIOUS AND 1
PERSISTENT MENTAL DISORDER; 2

(2) WHOSE FUNCTIONING IS SEVERELY IMPAIRED; AND 3

(3) WHO IS LIVING WITH A PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR RELATIVE WHO IS 4
LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL’S CARE. 5

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Maryland Department of 6
Health shall adopt the regulations required under § 15 –103.9 of the Health – General 7
Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, on or before December 1, 2026. 8

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 9
1, 2026. 10