HB 1414 — Nursing Homes - Direct Care Wages and Benefits and Cost Reports
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-13
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.
Latest action: — In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
Sponsors (7)
- Ashanti Martinez (D, MD-22) — sponsor · 2026-02-13
- Tiffany T. Alston (D, MD-24) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Aaron M. Kaufman (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Kim Ross (D, MD-8) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Veronica Turner (D, MD-26) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Jennifer White Holland (D, MD-10) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
- Greg Wims (D, MD-39) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
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- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Health
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House health | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashanti Martinez (D, state_lower MD-22) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron M. Kaufman (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Greg Wims (D, state_lower MD-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jennifer White Holland (D, state_lower MD-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Kim Ross (D, state_lower MD-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Tiffany T. Alston (D, state_lower MD-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Veronica Turner (D, state_lower MD-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House health · md-leg