Legislation
Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024
Keystone bill requiring State units to inventory systems that use AI. Establishes the Governor's AI Subcabinet to oversee technological governance and directs Maryland's Department of Information Technology to adopt guardrails for responsible use.
Legislation by Year
3-1-1 Systems Expansion and Oversight Board Establishment Act
SB 114 — 3-1-1 Systems - Expansion Program and Oversight Board - Establishment | Chapter: 434
Establishes the Maryland 3-1-1 Oversight Board and a state-level expansion program utilizing artificial intelligence to expand nonemergency community information and referral services.
- Establishes the Maryland 3-1-1 Oversight Board in the Maryland Information Network to oversee the expansion of 3-1-1 systems in Maryland
- Establishes the 3-1-1 Program to use certain artificial intelligence to answer certain questions and route certain calls in certain counties
- Requires the creation and implementation of a plan to expand the 3-1-1 Program to all of the counties in Maryland after a certain time period.
Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership Act
SB 597 — Higher Education - Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership | Chapter: 633
Establishes the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership within the University System of Maryland to coordinate state-level artificial intelligence initiatives, public service fellowships, and agency workforce development.
- Establishes the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Partnership in the University System of Maryland to provide a single nexus for certain stakeholders in artificial intelligence initiatives to advance artificial intelligence in the State
- Establishes the Artificial Intelligence Public Services Fellowship in the University System of Maryland
- Establishes, subject to a certain condition, the Artificial Intelligence Incubation Lab in the University System of Maryland to assist State agencies for certain purposes.
Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation Act
HB 956 — Consumer Protection – Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation | Chapter: 105
Establishes the Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation to monitor AI implementation and make recommendations on AI regulation and consumer protection.
- Mandates the evaluation of private sector AI deployment, data privacy concerns, and developer obligations regarding labor and employment impacts.
- Evaluates the legal enforcement authority needed by the Office of the Attorney General's Division of Consumer Protection to police AI systems.
- Requires annual findings and regulatory recommendations to be submitted to the Senate Finance Committee and House Economic Matters Committee starting July 1, 2026.
Artificial Intelligence in Health Insurance Act
HB 820 — Health Insurance – Utilization Review – Use of Artificial Intelligence | Chapter: 747
Requires health insurance carriers, pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), and private review agents (PRAs) that use artificial intelligence and algorithmic software during utilization reviews to meet baseline regulatory criteria (e.g., human clinical oversight, transparency, auditing, nondiscrimination, etc.)
- Prohibits artificial intelligence and algorithmic tools from being used as the sole basis to deny, delay, or modify health care services and asserts that final adverse decisions must involve a qualified healthcare provider.
- Mandates that utilization review software base clinical determinations on an enrollee’s individual medical history and clinical records rather than on group datasets.
- Requires insurance providers to state how automated software tools are used and monitored within their utilization plans and to track quarterly whether AI was involved in adverse decisions.
- Authorizes the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to audit and inspect automated tools for compliance and accuracy.
Maryland Cybersecurity Council Alterations Act
SB 294 — Maryland Cybersecurity Council – Alterations (cross-file HB 376) | Chapter: 628
Expands the leadership, membership, and statutory scope of the Maryland Cybersecurity Council to include evaluating cybersecurity and privacy risks associated with artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
- Replaces the automatic designation of the Attorney General as chair with a requirement that the council biennially elect its own chair and vice chair.
- Broadens the council’s oversight to include critical State infrastructure and emerging tech threats like adversarial artificial intelligence and deepfakes.
- Charges the council with defending the data privacy interests of Maryland residents against advanced automated fraud risks.
3-1-1 Portal Using Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Act
SB 1068 / HB 1141 — Department of Information Technology – Evaluation and Development of a 3-1-1 Portal Using Artificial Intelligence | Chapter: 450
Directs Maryland's Department of Information Technology (DoIT) to evaluate and develop a statewide 3-1-1 portal that may use AI for non-emergency information and services.
- Mandates that DoIT assess the operational feasibility and infrastructure costs of deploying a centralized 3-1-1 portal that utilizes artificial intelligence.
- Requires DoIT to prioritize the creation of the 3-1-1 portal if the agency's initial evaluation determines that the use of artificial intelligence is operationally feasible.