Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB39: Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct an independent cost-driven rate-setting study to set community provider rates for community-based behavioral health services; authorizing the Maryland Health Care Commission to require community providers to submit certain information for the completion of the report; establishing the Workgroup on Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization to develop reimbursement methodologies for certain health clinics, outpatient mental health centers, and independent providers; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Behavioral Health - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and Outpatient Mental Health Centers - Reimbursement Rates Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health, rather than the Behavioral Health Administration and the Medical Care Programs Administration, to conduct a certain rate-setting study; requiring the Department to review and implement certain recommendations and administer certain tools and oversee certain submissions required to support a certain study…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Behavioral Health - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and Outpatient Mental Health Centers - Reimbursement Rates Rate Methodology Modernization - Workgroup Establishment and Study FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health, rather than the Behavioral Health Administration and the Medical Care Programs Administration, to conduct a certain rate-setting study; requiring the Department to review and implement certain recommendations and administer certain tools and oversee certain submissions required to support a certain study; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to assist the Department with the facilitation of a certain study; altering the date by which the rate-setting study is to be completed; requiring the Secretary of Health, or the Secretary's designee, to designate a representative of the Administration to be a certain technical liaison; authorizing the Commission, rather than the Department, to require community providers to submit certain information for the completion of a certain report; altering certain requirements related to the submission of a certain interim report and when certain annual reports must be submitted; establishing the Workgroup on Certified Behavioral Health Clinic Implementation and Rate Methodology Modernization in the Behavioral Health Administration Commission to develop certain reimbursement methodologies for certified community behavioral health clinics, outpatient mental health centers, and independent outpatient providers; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct a certain rate …