Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB808: Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Requirements
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Altering the process through which health care providers apply to participate on a carrier's provider panel, including certain notice requirements; repealing the authorization for a carrier to charge a certain application fee; requiring carriers to use certain information to update the carrier's provider directory at a certain frequency; altering the credentialing applications that the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may designate for a certain credentialing system and the circumstances under which the designation may be made; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Requirements FOR the purpose of altering the process though through which health care providers apply to participate on a carrier's provider panel, including for certain notice requirements; establishing certain civil penalties for carriers that fail to provide certain notices in a certain manner and certain time frame; repealing the authorization for a carrier to charge a certain application fee; requiring carriers to use certain information to update the carrier's provider directory at a certain frequency…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Requirements FOR the purpose of altering the process though through which health care providers apply to participate on a carrier's provider panel, including for certain notice requirements; establishing certain civil penalties for carriers that fail to provide certain notices in a certain manner and certain time frame; repealing the authorization for a carrier to charge a certain application fee; requiring carriers to use certain information to update the carrier's provider directory at a certain frequency; altering a requirement for certain carriers to update certain information on a provider directory within a certain period of time after receipt of certain notices; altering a requirement for carriers to reimburse for certain covered services provided by a nonparticipating provider; expanding the types of providers a carrier is prohibited from limiting on a provider panel; altering the credentialing applications that the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may designate for a certain credentialing system and the circumstances under which the designation may be made; altering certain requirements for a multi-carrier common online provider directory information system; and generally relating to health insurance provider panels. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Insurance Section 15-112(a), (g), (p), (t), and (w), and (x) 15-112.1, and 15-112.3 Annotated Code of Maryland (2017 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and …