HB0442 — Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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22 sponsors
1 primary, 21 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (16 D · 3 R) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Requiring nursing homes, assisted living programs, nurse midwives, and licensed certified midwives to notify each resident and prospective resident in writing or by written electronic communication if the nursing home, assisted living program, nurse midwife, or licensed certified midwife either does not maintain professional liability insurance or professional liability insurance coverage has lapsed; and requiring conspicuous posting of the information that the professional liability coverage has not been maintained.
Bill Text
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Read HB0442 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman · Primary
- Delegate Elizabeth Embry · Cosponsor
- Delegate Edith J. Patterson · Cosponsor
- Delegate Malcolm P. Ruff · Cosponsor
- Delegate Greg Wims · Cosponsor
- Delegate Teresa Woorman · Cosponsor
- Delegate Tiffany T. Alston · Cosponsor
- Delegate Heather Bagnall · Cosponsor
- Delegate Bonnie Cullison · Cosponsor
- Delegate Pam Lanman Guzzone · Cosponsor
- Delegate Terri L. Hill · Cosponsor
- Delegate Thomas S. Hutchinson · Cosponsor
- S. Johnson · Cosponsor
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke · Cosponsor
- Delegate Lesley J. Lopez · Cosponsor
- Delegate Ashanti Martinez · Cosponsor
- M. Morgan · Cosponsor
- Delegate Teresa E. Reilly · Cosponsor
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kim Ross · Cosponsor
- Delegate Deni Taveras · Cosponsor
- White Holland · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 21 co-sponsors · 166 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman Democrat
Co-sponsors (21)
- Delegate Elizabeth Embry Democrat
- Delegate Edith J. Patterson Democrat
- Delegate Malcolm P. Ruff Democrat
- Delegate Greg Wims Democrat
- Delegate Teresa Woorman Democrat
- Delegate Tiffany T. Alston Democrat
- Delegate Heather Bagnall Democrat
- Delegate Bonnie Cullison Democrat
- Delegate Pam Lanman Guzzone Democrat
- Delegate Terri L. Hill Democrat
- Delegate Thomas S. Hutchinson Republican
- Johnson, S.
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke Republican
- Delegate Lesley J. Lopez Democrat
- Delegate Ashanti Martinez Democrat
- Morgan, M.
- Delegate Teresa E. Reilly Republican
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg Democrat
- Delegate Kim Ross Democrat
- Delegate Deni Taveras Democrat
- White Holland
Not signed on (166)
166 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 136 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0442 do?
- Requiring nursing homes, assisted living programs, nurse midwives, and licensed certified midwives to notify each resident and prospective resident in writing or by written electronic communication if the nursing home, assisted living program, nurse midwife, or licensed certified midwife either does not maintain professional liability insurance or professional liability insurance coverage has lapsed; and requiring conspicuous posting of the information that the professional liability coverage has not been maintained.
- Who sponsors HB0442?
- HB0442 is sponsored by Delegate Aaron M. Kaufman (Democrat), Delegate Elizabeth Embry (Democrat), Delegate Edith J. Patterson (Democrat), Delegate Malcolm P. Ruff (Democrat), Delegate Greg Wims (Democrat), Delegate Teresa Woorman (Democrat), Delegate Tiffany T. Alston (Democrat), Delegate Heather Bagnall (Democrat), Delegate Bonnie Cullison (Democrat), Delegate Pam Lanman Guzzone (Democrat), Delegate Terri L. Hill (Democrat), Delegate Thomas S. Hutchinson (Republican), Johnson, S., Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke (Republican), Delegate Lesley J. Lopez (Democrat), Delegate Ashanti Martinez (Democrat), Morgan, M., Delegate Teresa E. Reilly (Republican), Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Delegate Kim Ross (Democrat), Delegate Deni Taveras (Democrat), and White Holland.
- What is the current status of HB0442?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2026. Enacted.
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