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SB663Introduced in the Senate

Nursing Homes - Direct Care Wages and Benefits and Cost Reports

IntroducedSenate Finance

Introduced by Benjamin Kramer, District 19

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to submit a cost report with documentation of wage disbursement and other appropriate information to the Maryland Department of Health.

Where it stands

Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.

February 12, 2026

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Bill history

  1. First Reading Finance

  2. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.

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