Mental Health Association of Maryland
2026 Legislative Bill Tracking
Monday, February 23, 2026 5:11 PM
| Bill (Crossfile) | Bill Title & Upcoming Hearings | Sponsor | Status | Position | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 18 (HB 769) | State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional License to Practice Social Work - Revisions Requires that individuals who have met certain educational requirements be granted a conditional license to practice social work and provides alternate pathways to full licensure. |
M. Washington | In the Senate - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) | Support | SB0018_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-7) |
| SB 88 (HB 7) | State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy Allows an eligible individual to practice music therapy under a limited license while completing the requirements for full licensure. |
Gile | In the House - First Reading Health (2/13) | Support | SB0088_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (1-30) |
| SB 97 (HB 224) | Reentry and Reintegration Support Program - Establishment Establishes an interagency program to provide coordinated benefits application assistance to individuals being released from state correctional facilities. |
Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/16) | Support | |
| SB 113 (HB 278) | Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act) Requires the Secretary of Aging to lead and report annually on implementation of the state's Longevity Ready Maryland multisector plan on aging. |
Chair, Finance Committee | In the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (2/23) | Support | SB0113_MHAMD_Fav.pdf (2-7) |
| SB 123 (HB 747) | Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Membership Removes legislative members of the oversight committee. |
Simonaire | In the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (2/23) | Monitor | |
| SB 196 (HB 279) | Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated Individual Authorizes the administration of involuntary psychotropic medication to individuals incarcerated in state prisons. |
Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee | In the Senate - Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m. (1/13) | Oppose | SB0196_MHAMD_UNFAV.pdf (1-19) |
| SB 205 (HB 280) | Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders - Codification of Federal Requirements Codifies provisions of a 2024 Federal Rule that strengthen the enforcement of behavioral health parity requirements. |
Chair, Finance Committee | In the House - First Reading Health (2/13) | Support | SB0205_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (1-27) |
| SB 238 (HB 340) | School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Enters Maryland into a compact with other states allowing licensed school psychologists to operate across state lines. |
Augustine | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | Support | |
| SB 240 (HB 965) | Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council - Establishment Establishes a council of stakeholders to review data and give feedback regarding the Office of Health Care Quality's oversight of Maryland health care facilities. |
Lewis Young | In the Senate - Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m. (1/21) | Support | SB0240_MHAMD_Fav.pdf (2-7) |
| SB 282 (HB 390) | Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2027) Makes appropriations contained in the proposed State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. |
The President | In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (1/21) | ||
| SB 284 (HB 392) | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026 Alters certain mandated appropriations to balance the proposed FY27 state budget and address the broader structural deficit. Includes a $20 million annual reduction in school mental health funding. Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.@Budget and Taxation |
The President | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | Support with Amendment | |
| SB 327 (HB 551) | Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia and Controlled Paraphernalia Prohibitions - Repeal Decriminalizes possession of drug paraphernalia. |
McCray | In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) | Support | SB0327_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-3) |
| SB 336 (HB 427) | Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension Extends by a year the work of the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances. |
Feldman | In the Senate - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (2/23) | Support | SB0336_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-7) |
| SB 340 (HB 671) | Nursing Facilities - Medicaid Quality Assessment - Funding of Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Requires that 3% of annual revenue derived from Medicaid quality assessments on certain nursing facilities be used to support the operations of the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Department of Aging. |
Hettleman | In the Senate - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) | Support | SB0340_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-7) |
| SB 379 | Recovery Residence Grant Program - Funding Extending annual funding for the Recovery Residence Grant Program through FY30. |
Guzzone | In the House - First Reading Appropriations (2/18) | Support | SB0379_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-7) |
| SB 402 (HB 396) | Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.@Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Brooks | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Monitor | |
| SB 412 (HB 658) | Maryland Department of Health - Community Forensic Aftercare Program - Established Establishes a program in the Department of Health to monitor individuals on conditional release from a state mental health facility and to support those individuals in complying with the conditions of their release |
Augustine | In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (2/3) | Support | |
| SB 428 (HB 746) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Collaborative Care Model - Cost Sharing Prohibition Prohibits Maryland Medicaid and commercial health insurers from imposing a copay, coinsurance, or deductible for services provided via the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM). |
Augustine | In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | Support | |
| SB 444 (HB 498) | Certificate of Need - Intermediate Health Care Facilities Provides that a certificate of need is not required for a change of bed capacity in facilities that offer substance use care. |
Kramer | In the Senate - Favorable Report by Finance (2/23) | Monitor | |
| SB 490 (HB 808) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription Drugs to Treat Serious Mental Illness Prohibits Maryland Medicaid from applying prior authorization requirements, step therapy or fail first protocols for prescription drugs used to treat certain mental illnesses. |
Lam | In the Senate - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | Support | |
| SB 493 (HB 1002) | Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer Prohibits a nursing facility from involuntarily transferring or discharging a resident to a hotel, shelter, or other temporary housing or to another facility before the new facility has confirmed they are prepared to accept the resident. Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Beidle | In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Monitor | |
| SB 494 (HB 944) | Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificates of Need and Material Change Transactions Establishes a review process to determine whether proposed consolidations of health care facilities are in the public interest. Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Beidle | In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Support | |
| SB 521 | Health Insurance - Material Changes to Provider Networks - Notification and Special Enrollment Period Requires insurance companies to notify enrollees (1) when their behavioral health provider is no longer a part of their coverage network and (2) of the enrollees right to continue receiving services from that provider for 90 days after termination from the insurance company's panel. Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Kramer | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 530 (HB 811) | Aging-in-Place Programs - Grants - Multigenerational Third Places (Village Multigenerational Third Places Act) Expands grant opportunities under the Department of Aging's Aging-in-Place program to include organizations and agencies that provide social connection through events or gatherings at multigenerational third places. Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Hettleman | In the Senate - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Monitor | |
| SB 537 (HB 1058) | Youth Delinquency Prevention Fund - Establishment Establishes a fund to support community-oriented delinquency prevention, youth suicide prevention, drug and alcohol use prevention, and youth development |
McCray | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (2/5) | Support | |
| SB 549 | Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities - Participation of Family Members or Other Individuals Requires mental health facilities to inform admitted patients of their right to have a family member or other authorized individual involved in treatment team meetings and requires the patient and authorized individuals be provided with information on mental health advance directives and supported decision-making agreements. Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Charles | In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 550 | Health Care Decisions Act - Surrogate Decision Making - Mental Disorders Repeals the prohibition against a surrogate authorizing mental health treatment for a person who has been certified to be incapable of making an informed decision. Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Charles | In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Monitor | |
| SB 568 (HB 1021) | Health Occupations - Licensed Psychologists - Prescriptive Authority Establishes a process whereby psychologists may become authorized to prescribe medication. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Ellis | In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Monitor | |
| SB 602 (HB 715) | Algorithmic Addiction Fund - Establishment Establishes a Fund to retain revenues received from judgments or settlements against technology or social media companies and directs that revenue be used for, among other things, improving and strengthening access to services proven to treat the mental and physical health impacts associated with algorithmic addiction. Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Hester | In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Support with Amendment | |
| SB 608 | Maryland Medical Assistance Plan and Health Insurance - Pharmacogenomic Testing - Required Coverage Requires Maryland Medicaid and commercial health insurers to provide coverage for pharmacogenomic testing when ordered for treatment of depression or anxiety. Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Mautz | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 668 (HB 680) | Children's Cabinet Fund - Renaming and Funding for Grants to Local Management Boards Requires annual appropriations to the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund through FY31 to be used for grants to local management boards. Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Budget and Taxation |
Harris | In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | Monitor | |
| SB 702 (HB 922) | Behavioral Health Administration - Behavioral Health Program Relocation - Regulations Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Mautz | In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Monitor | |
| SB 707 (HB 1014) | Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment) Defines “danger to self or others” for purposes of involuntary commitment to include a non-imminent risk of potential future psychiatric deterioration. Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Ready | In the Senate - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Oppose | |
| SB 738 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Mobile Crisis and Crisis Stabilization Requires Maryland Medicaid and commercial health insurers to provide coverage for mobile crisis and crisis stabilization services. Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Augustine | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 774 (HB 1157) | Health Insurance - Plan Benefits and Coverage - Annual Reporting (Transparency, Reporting, Understanding, Timeliness, and Honesty (TRUTH) in Mental Health Coverage Act) Requires commercial health insurers to annually provide to the Maryland Insurance Administration with data necessary to evaluate a variety of factors related to their coverage behavioral health services and requires the MIA to make that data publicly available in a consumer-friendly manner. Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Augustine | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 808 (HB 1093) | Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Requirements Streamlines the process by which health care providers apply to participate on commercial health insurers' provider panels, prohibits insurers from limiting the number of behavioral health care providers at a health care facility that may participate on their panel, etc. Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
King | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 827 (HB 1250) | Consumer Protection and Product Liability - Chatbots Establishes safety protocols and guidelines governing the availability and use of chatbots, establishes penalties for the violation of these protocols, and provides that any penalty recovered that is not payable to an affected individual shall be distributed to the state's Behavioral Health Workforce Investment Fund. Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Hester | In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 870 (HB 1092) | Maryland Department of Health - Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Beds - Capacity in Prince George's County and Report Requires the Department of Health to establish and ensure the ongoing operation of at least 24 adolescent psychiatric inpatient beds in Prince George's County. Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
A. Washington | In the Senate - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Monitor | |
| SB 876 | Recovery Residences - Certification - Requirement Requires that a recovery residence be certified by a credentialing entity before operating in the state. Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Attar | In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Monitor | |
| SB 878 (HB 448) | Health Facilities - Certified Recovery Residences - Unannounced Inspections Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Attar | In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 891 (HB 1118) | Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Mental Health Conditions Expands perinatal mental health screening, resource distribution, and provider training requirements. Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance |
Gile | In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 906 (HB 1386) | Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Death or Serious Bodily Injury (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law) Provides that the distribution of heroin or fentanyl resulting in the death of or serious bodily injury to another is a felony subject to 20 years imprisonment. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.@Judicial Proceedings |
James | In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | Oppose | |
| SB 908 (HB 1154) | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing Prohibits the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement) for certain individuals, including individuals with a mental illness or history psychiatric hospitalization. Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.@Judicial Proceedings |
Love | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 942 (HB 1306) | Assisted Outpatient Treatment - Surrender or Seizure of Firearms Requires individuals subject to an AOT order to surrender their firearms and refrain from purchasing any firearms during the duration of the order. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)@Finance |
Henson | In the Senate - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (2/12) | Monitor | |
| SB 944 | Correctional Services - Reentry Readiness Program Establishes a program to assist individuals leaving correctional facilities in enrolling in vocational, workforce training and job placement programs; and obtaining a copy of their birth certificate and a state ID. Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.@Judicial Proceedings |
Charles | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | Support | |
| SB 963 (HB 1167) | Maryland Department of Health - Medicaid Management Information System - Mainframe System Replacement Requires the Department of Health to replace the existing Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) with modernized technology and decommission the legacy MMIS by January 1, 2028. |
Hester | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/13) | Support | |
| HB 7 (SB 88) | State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy Allows an eligible individual to practice music therapy under a limited license while completing the requirements for full licensure. |
Guzzone | In the Senate - First Reading Finance (2/20) | Support | HB0007_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (1-30) |
| HB 71 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program Services - Reimbursement (Youth Psychiatric Rehabilitation Parity Act of 2026) Requires Maryland Medicaid to reimburse a psychiatric rehabilitation program for a minimum and maximum number of psychiatric rehabilitation community psychiatric support services delivered to individuals with serious mental illness who are living with a parent, guardian or relative. |
Sample-Hughes | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/16) | Monitor | |
| HB 202 | Public Health - Social Isolation and Loneliness Pilot Grant Program - Establishment Establishes a pilot grant program to support efforts to alleviate the adverse mental and physical health effects caused by social isolation and loneliness. |
Vogel | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 2:30 p.m. (2/10) | Support | HB0202_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-7) |
| HB 224 (SB 97) | Reentry and Reintegration Support Program - Establishment Establishes an interagency program to provide coordinated benefits application assistance to individuals being released from state correctional facilities. |
Chair, Appropriations Committee | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/9) | Support | |
| HB 278 (SB 113) | Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act) Requires the Secretary of Aging to lead and report annually on implementation of the state's Longevity Ready Maryland multisector plan on aging. |
Chair, Health Committee | In the Senate - First Reading Finance (2/20) | Support | |
| HB 279 (SB 196) | Correctional Services - Medication Review Committee - Administration of Psychotropic Medication to an Incarcerated Individual Authorizes the administration of involuntary psychotropic medication to individuals incarcerated in state prisons. |
Chair, Health Committee | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22) | Oppose | HB0279_MHAMD_UNFAV.pdf (1-30) |
| HB 280 (SB 205) | Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders - Codification of Federal Requirements Codifies provisions of a 2024 Federal Rule that strengthen the enforcement of behavioral health parity requirements. |
Chair, Health Committee | In the House - Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m. (1/20) | Support | HB0280_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (1-27) |
| HB 340 (SB 238) | School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Enters Maryland into a compact with other states allowing licensed school psychologists to operate across state lines. |
Mireku-North | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (2/2) | Support | |
| HB 341 | Maryland Commission for Boys' and Men's Health - Establishment Establishes a Commission to review data, shape policy, and raise public awareness of health issues specific to boys and men, including issues related to mental health and substance use. |
Wims | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 2:30 p.m. (2/10) | Support | HB0341_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-7) |
| HB 390 (SB 282) | Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2027) Makes appropriations contained in the proposed State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. |
The Speaker | In the House - First Reading Appropriations (1/21) | ||
| HB 392 (SB 284) | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2026 Alters certain mandated appropriations to balance the proposed FY27 state budget and address the broader structural deficit. Includes a $20 million annual reduction in school mental health funding. Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.@Appropriations |
The Speaker | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/20) | Support with Amendment | |
| HB 396 (SB 402) | Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners Requires residential childcare programs to provide certain educational opportunities to youth in their custody and expands training requirements for residential child and youth care practitioners. |
Pasteur | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (2/2) | Monitor | |
| HB 427 (SB 336) | Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension Extends by a year the work of the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances. |
Guzzone | In the Senate - First Reading Finance (2/20) | Support | HB0427_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-7) |
| HB 448 (SB 878) | Health Facilities - Certified Recovery Residences - Unannounced Inspections Requires the Department of Health to conduct at least two unannounced inspections of each certified recovery residence each year to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. |
Rosenberg | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (2/11) | Support | |
| HB 468 | Health and Taxation - Digital Social Media Services and the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth Assesses a tax on individuals deriving over $1 million annually from digital social media services and allocates that money to a new fund to improve access to mental health care for children and youth. |
Martinez | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) | Support with Amendment | |
| HB 498 (SB 444) | Certificate of Need - Intermediate Health Care Facilities Provides that a certificate of need is not required for a change of bed capacity in facilities that offer substance use care. |
Cullison | In the House - Favorable Report by Health (2/23) | Monitor | |
| HB 551 (SB 327) | Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia and Controlled Paraphernalia Prohibitions - Repeal Decriminalizes possession of drug paraphernalia. |
Simpson | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) | Support | HB0551_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-7) |
| HB 592 | Task Force to Study Forced Infant Separation From Incarcerated Individuals Establishes a task force to study and make recommendations for reducing forced infant separation from incarcerated individuals. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)@Judiciary |
Mireku-North | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (1/30) | Monitor | |
| HB 632 | Certificate of Need - Psychiatric Health Care Facilities and Psychiatric and Mental Health Services - Exemption Provides that a certificate of need is not required to establish or operate a psychiatric health care facility or to offer mental health services at a health care facility. |
Grammer | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. (2/5) | Monitor | |
| HB 658 (SB 412) | Maryland Department of Health - Community Forensic Aftercare Program - Established Establishes a program in the Department of Health to monitor individuals on conditional release from a state mental health facility and to support those individuals in complying with the conditions of their release Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Charkoudian | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Support | |
| HB 671 (SB 340) | Nursing Facilities - Medicaid Quality Assessment - Funding of Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Requires that 3% of annual revenue derived from Medicaid quality assessments on certain nursing facilities be used to support the operations of the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Department of Aging. Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.@Appropriations |
Shetty | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Support | |
| HB 680 (SB 668) | Children's Cabinet Fund - Renaming and Funding for Grants to Local Management Boards Requires annual appropriations to the Children's Cabinet Interagency Fund through FY31 to be used for grants to local management boards. Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.@Appropriations |
Shetty | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Monitor | |
| HB 684 | Health Insurance - Material Changes to Provider Networks - Notification and Special Enrollment Period Requires insurance companies to notify enrollees (1) when their behavioral health provider is no longer a part of their coverage network and (2) of the enrollees right to continue receiving services from that provider for 90 days after termination from the insurance company's panel. |
Chair, Health Committee | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m. (2/19) | Support | |
| HB 715 (SB 602) | Algorithmic Addiction Fund - Establishment Establishes a Fund to retain revenues received from judgments or settlements against technology or social media companies and directs that revenue be used for, among other things, improving and strengthening access to services proven to treat the mental and physical health impacts associated with algorithmic addiction. Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)@Appropriations |
Rosenberg | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/17) | Support with Amendment | |
| HB 746 (SB 428) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Collaborative Care Model - Cost Sharing Prohibition Prohibits Maryland Medicaid and commercial health insurers from imposing a copay, coinsurance, or deductible for services provided via the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM). |
Bagnall | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m. (2/19) | Support | |
| HB 747 (SB 123) | Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Membership Removes legislative members of the oversight committee. |
Kipke | In the House - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health (2/23) | Monitor | |
| HB 769 (SB 18) | State Board of Social Work Examiners - Conditional License to Practice Social Work - Revisions Requires that individuals who have met certain educational requirements be granted a conditional license to practice social work and provides alternate pathways to full licensure. |
Woods | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. (2/5) | Support | HB0769_MHAMD_FAV.pdf (2-7) |
| HB 772 | Workgroup on Behavioral Health Rate Methodology Modernization - Establishment Establishes a workgroup to develop reimbursement methodologies for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) and outpatient mental health centers (OMHC). Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Shetty | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Support | |
| HB 808 (SB 490) | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription Drugs to Treat Serious Mental Illness | S. Johnson | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m. (2/19) | Support | |
| HB 811 (SB 530) | Aging-in-Place Programs - Grants - Multigenerational Third Places (The Village Multigenerational Third Places Act) Expands grant opportunities under the Department of Aging's Aging-in-Place program to include organizations and agencies that provide social connection through events or gatherings at multigenerational third places. Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Wolek | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Monitor | |
| HB 860 | Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act) Specifying that a petition for emergency psychiatric evaluation is effective for 5 days. |
Alston | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 2:00 p.m. (Health) (2/17) | Monitor | |
| HB 883 | Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence - Behavioral Health Care Prohibitions Establishes safeguards and protocols related to the delivery of behavioral health care via artificial intelligence. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)@Economic Matters Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Health)@Health |
Qi | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing canceled (Health) (2/13) | Support | |
| HB 886 | Certified Peer Recovery Specialists - Coverage Under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance and Workgroup on Certification Requires that Maryland Medicaid and commercial health insurance companies to provide coverage for services delivered by certified peer recovery specialists. |
Hornberger | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m. (2/19) | Support | |
| HB 915 | Workgroup on Aging Out of Foster Care Establishes a workgroup to identify and determine the effectiveness of currently available resources for youth who have aged out of foster care. Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.@Appropriations |
Hill | In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) | Support | |
| HB 921 | Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations LImits the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be placed in restrictive housing (solitary confinement) and prohibits placement of a minor in restrictive housing for longer than six hours. Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.@Judiciary |
Moreno | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | Support | |
| HB 922 (SB 702) | Behavioral Health Administration - Behavioral Health Program Relocation - Regulations Requires the Behavioral Health Administration to adopt regulations that streamline and expedite the process of relocating a behavioral health program to another site. Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Hutchinson | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Monitor | |
| HB 944 (SB 494) | Maryland Health Care Commission - Certificates of Need and Material Change Transactions Establishes a review process to determine whether proposed consolidations of health care facilities are in the public interest. Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Cullison | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Support | |
| HB 965 (SB 240) | Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council - Establishment Establishes a council of stakeholders to review data and give feedback regarding the Office of Health Care Quality's oversight of Maryland health care facilities. Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Woorman | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Support | |
| HB 995 | Health Occupations - Behavioral Health Care Providers - Use of Artificial Intelligence Prohibits a behavioral health provider from using artificial intelligence to assess, diagnose, treat, or counsel a patient. Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Woods | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Monitor | |
| HB 1002 (SB 493) | Nursing Facilities - Involuntary Discharge or Transfer Prohibits a nursing facility from involuntarily transferring or discharging a resident to a hotel, shelter, or other temporary housing or to another facility before the new facility has confirmed they are prepared to accept the resident. Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Lopez | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9) | Monitor | |
| HB 1012 | Public Health - Local Suicide Fatality Review Teams - Authorization Authorizes counties and municipalities to establish multidisciplinary, multiagency suicide fatality review teams. Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Fair | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Support | |
| HB 1014 (SB 707) | Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment) Defines “danger to self or others” for purposes of involuntary commitment to include a non-imminent risk of potential future psychiatric deterioration. Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Woods | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Oppose | |
| HB 1021 (SB 568) | Health Occupations - Licensed Psychologists - Prescriptive Authority Establishes a process whereby psychologists may become authorized to prescribe medication. Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
White Holland | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | Monitor | |
| HB 1051 | Public Health - Patient Access to Medication Requires establishment of a program intended to reduce hospital admissions by using a licensed pharmacist to delivery discharge medications to patients before they leave the hospital an authorizes health care facilities to use automated and remote drug dispensing systems. Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Rosenberg | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | Support | |
| HB 1058 (SB 537) | Youth Delinquency Prevention Fund - Establishment Establishes a fund to support community-oriented delinquency prevention, youth suicide prevention, drug and alcohol use prevention, and youth development Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.@Judiciary |
Woods | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Support | |
| HB 1060 | Primary and Secondary Schools - Petitions for Emergency Evaluation - Requirement for Tracking and Reporting and Study Requires the development and implementation of a system to track and report petitions for emergency psychiatric evaluations made during the school year and requires establishment of a workgroup to study the use of emergency petitions involving students in school settings to improve coordination, training, and policy related to school-based mental health crisis responses. Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)@Ways and Means |
Smith | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/16) | Support | |
| HB 1092 (SB 870) | Maryland Department of Health - Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Beds - Capacity in Prince George's County and Report Requires the Department of Health to establish and ensure the ongoing operation of at least 24 adolescent psychiatric inpatient beds in Prince George's County. Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Martinez | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) | Monitor | |
| HB 1093 (SB 808) | Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Requirements Streamlines the process by which health care providers apply to participate on commercial health insurers' provider panels, prohibits insurers from limiting the number of behavioral health care providers at a health care facility that may participate on their panel, etc. Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Cullison | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Support | |
| HB 1118 (SB 891) | Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Mental Health Conditions Expands perinatal mental health screening, resource distribution, and provider training requirements. Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
White Holland | In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Support | |
| HB 1154 (SB 908) | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing Prohibits the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement) for certain individuals, including individuals with a mental illness or history psychiatric hospitalization. Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.@Government, Labor, and Elections |
Phillips | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | Support | |
| HB 1157 (SB 774) | Health Insurance - Plan Benefits and Coverage - Annual Reporting (Transparency, Reporting, Understanding, Timeliness, and Honesty (TRUTH) in Mental Health Coverage Act) Requires commercial health insurers to annually provide to the Maryland Insurance Administration with data necessary to evaluate a variety of factors related to their coverage behavioral health services and requires the MIA to make that data publicly available in a consumer-friendly manner. Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Guzzone | In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Support | |
| HB 1167 (SB 963) | Maryland Department of Health - Medicaid Management Information System - Mainframe System Replacement Requires the Department of Health to replace the existing Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) with modernized technology and decommission the legacy MMIS by January 1, 2028. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Chair, Health Committee | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Support | |
| HB 1181 | Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placement - Voluntary Placement Agreements Revises timelines and processes related to children receiving residential treatment under a voluntary placement agreement (VPA). Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)@Appropriations |
Bagnall | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/17) | Support | |
| HB 1250 (SB 827) | Consumer Protection and Product Liability - Chatbots Establishes safety protocols and guidelines governing the availability and use of chatbots, establishes penalties for the violation of these protocols, and provides that any penalty recovered that is not payable to an affected individual shall be distributed to the state's Behavioral Health Workforce Investment Fund. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.@Economic Matters |
Qi | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/18) | Support | |
| HB 1306 (SB 942) | Assisted Outpatient Treatment - Surrender or Seizure of Firearms Requires individuals subject to an AOT order to surrender their firearms and refrain from purchasing any firearms during the duration of the order. Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)@Judiciary |
Phillips | In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (2/16) | Monitor | |
| HB 1386 (SB 906) | Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Death or Serious Bodily Injury (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law) Provides that the distribution of heroin or fentanyl resulting in the death of or serious bodily injury to another is a felony subject to 20 years imprisonment. Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.@Judiciary |
Tomlinson | In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (2/16) | Oppose | |
| HB 1485 | Public Health - Crisis Response System - Resources for Family Members and Trauma-Informed Care Training (Tiarra's Law) Requires the Department of Health to develop a public-facing pamphlet about Maryland's crisis response system and review the state's trauma-informed care trainings. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.@Health |
Chair, Health Committee | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Monitor | |
| HB 1559 | Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement Omnibus bill to prohibit the placement of childen in unlicensed settings and reduce the frequency of youth experiencing lengthy stays in hospitals or emergency departments after being cleared for discharge or transfer. Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)@Appropriations |
The Speaker | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/17) | Support |