Professional Liability Insurance Coverage - Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Nurse Midwives, and Licensed Certified Midwives - Disclosure (Nyeli Rose Lewis Act of 2026)
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.
What this affects
- Who pays, or is paid
- We cannot tell yet from the text. The text does not say who pays.
- Which buildings
- Every certified building in Maryland: 221 facilities holding 27,307 licensed beds.
- The dollars, or the rule
- We cannot tell yet from the text. No dollar figure or threshold is stated in what we hold.
- Effective
- We cannot tell yet from the text. No effective date is stated yet.
- Status
- Signed into law, as of April 14, 2026.
Latest action, April 14, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 33
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Bill text and status: mgaleg.maryland.gov · retrieved August 25, 2026