Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1445: Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act)
Status: Passed one chamber, April 13, 2026
Repealing the 90-day time limit within which an individual receiving services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration must appeal a loss of eligibility for services; establishing requirements related to eligibility determinations and redeterminations under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; prohibiting the Department from procedurally disenrolling individuals from the Program or home- and community-based services solely on a certain basis except under certain circumstances; etc.
What the bill says
A bill ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act) FOR the purpose of altering the time within which an individual receiving services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration must appeal a loss of eligibility for services; establishing requirements related to eligibility determinations and redeterminations under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program…
From the introduced text, February 13, 2026:
A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act) FOR the purpose of altering the time within which an individual receiving services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration must appeal a loss of eligibility for services; establishing requirements related to eligibility determinations and redeterminations under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain accessible information to Program recipients and any other individuals on request; prohibiting the Department from procedurally disenrolling individuals from the Program or home- and community-based services solely on a certain basis except under certain circumstances; requiring the Department, subject to federal approval, to reserve certain home- and community-based services waiver slots for Program recipients who lost eligibility under certain circumstances; and generally relating to determinations of eligibility for home- and community-based services. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Health - General Section 7-309(b) Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Health - General Section 15-101(a), (h), and (i) Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from exist in g l aw . *hb1445* HOUSE BILL 1445 …