A Maryland bill on beds and licensure, signed into law. Takes effect October 1, 2026.
Official title 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 at certain times 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 has not been renewed; etc.
What this affects
- Who pays, or is paid
- Whoever holds or wants a licence in Maryland. Certificate-of-need and bed rules set what an existing licence is worth.
- Which buildings
- 221 facilities holding 27,307 licensed beds in Maryland.
- The dollars, or the rule
- Nursing homes and assisted living programs must notify residents and prospective residents in writing if they do not carry professional liability insurance or if coverage has lapsed and was not renewed, with lapse notices due within 30 days. Facilities without coverage must also post a conspicuous notice for residents…
- Effective
- October 1, 2026.
- Status
- Signed into law, as of April 14, 2026.
Certificate-of-need and moratorium rules decide whether supply can grow, and that sets what an existing licence is worth.
Latest action, April 14, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 32
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Bill text and status: mgaleg.maryland.gov · retrieved August 26, 2026