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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park Advisory Committee [HB-971]
Establishing the Anne Arundel County Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park Advisory Committee to provide advice on the planning of the Park; requiring the Advisory Committee to make recommendations to ensure that the Park focuses on mental and physical health and well-being, is equitable in providing access to the property, is truthful about the history of Crownsville Hospital, and preserves the natural beauty of the site; and requiring the Committee to report its achievements and recommendations to certain entities by February 1 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established [HB-32]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic review board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Finance Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established [SB-43]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the Board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the Board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Favorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/28/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Not Criminally Responsible Verdict - Term of Commitment [SB-554]
Requiring the court, after a verdict of not criminally responsible for murder in the first degree to commit a defendant to a designated health care facility for life; and requiring a court, after a verdict of not criminally responsible for murder in the second degree to commit the defendant to a designated health care facility for a term of up to 40 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts and Judicial Proceedings and Criminal Procedure - Technical Corrections - References to Intellectual Disability [HB-432]
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 444 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Relations - Patterns and Practices of Civil Rights Violations - Remedies [HB-771]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and initiate a civil action to remedy unlawful patterns or practices committed by certain government officials; providing that the Attorney General shall have subpoena power to support certain investigations; and providing that the Attorney General may obtain equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice of certain conduct.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Human Relations - Patterns and Practices of Civil Rights Violations - Remedies [SB-658]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and initiate a civil action to remedy unlawful patterns or practices committed by certain government officials; providing that the Attorney General shall have subpoena power to support certain investigations; and providing that the Attorney General may obtain equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice of certain conduct.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Resident Grievance System [HB-121]
Requiring a treatment plan for an individual with a mental disorder admitted to a certain health care facility to include a discharge goal and an estimate of the probable length of the inpatient stay before the individual can be transferred to a certain setting; requiring certain facility staff to review and reassess a plan of treatment within certain time periods; requiring the Department of Health to report annually to the General Assembly on the Resident Grievance System and the grievances received related to State facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 263 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Residence Grievance System [SB-8]
Requiring a treatment plan for an individual with a mental disorder admitted to a certain health care facility to include a certain discharge goal and an estimate of the probable length of the inpatient stay the individual requires before transfer to a certain setting; requiring certain facility staff to review and reassess a plan of treatment; establishing an appeals process related to the review of a treatment plan; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations relating to the appeals process; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 262 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities – Restrooms – Requirements [SB-579]
Requiring each health care facility, on or after January 1, 2023, to provide in each restroom maintained by the health care facility a hands-free disposable towel dispenser and a device that allows an individual to open a door without touching the door handle; requiring each health care facility to report to the Maryland Department of Health certain information regarding certain restrooms on or before January 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2021
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Mental Health Law - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures [SB-947]
Prohibiting a certain hearing officer from ordering the release of an individual who meets the requirements for involuntary admission under a certain provision of law on the grounds that the individual was kept at an emergency facility for more than 30 hours.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 730 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure – Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility – Court–Ordered Evaluation [SB-361]
Authorizing a court after a certain finding of incompetency or not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder to order the Maryland Department of Health as soon as possible after the defendant's admission, but not later than 48 hours, to evaluate a defendant, to develop a treatment plan, and to make a determination as to whether the defendant is a danger to self or others under certain circumstances; requiring a panel to convene within 9 days after a certain individual's refusal of medication for certain purposes: etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 703 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Defendants Found Incompetent to Stand Trial or Not Criminally Responsible - Commitment [SB-233]
Requiring a court to order a certain defendant committed to a certain facility if the court makes a certain finding; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to admit a certain defendant to a designated facility as soon as possible, but not later than 10 business days after the Department receives the commitment order; requiring the Department to notify the court of the date of admittance of the defendant; authorizing a court to impose certain sanctions if the Department fails to admit a defendant within a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 189 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Guardianship of Disabled Persons - Voluntary Admission to Mental Facility [HB-33]
Authorizing a certain disabled person to apply for voluntary admission to a mental facility if the person submits a formal written application and either a physician and a psychologist, two physicians, or a physician and a psychiatric nurse practioner provide a certain certification; requiring the facility to notify the guardian of the person of a disabled person that the disabled person has been admitted to the facility and of a certain request for discharge from the facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 760 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Mental Health Law - Involuntary Admissions - Procedures [HB-1635]
Prohibiting a certain hearing officer from ordering the release of an individual who meets the requirements for involuntary admission under a certain provision of law on the grounds that the individual was kept at an emergency facility for more than 30 hours.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 729 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Health – Emergency Evaluees and Involuntarily Admitted or Committed Individuals – Procedures [HB-1392]
Requiring a health care provider to disclose certain medical and legal records without the authorization of an individual to a public defender who states in writing that the Office of the Public Defender represents the individual; requiring that only those records needed by the public defender to represent the individual shall be disclosed; requiring the records to be provided within 24 hours of a certain request; prohibiting a hearing officer from ordering the release of a certain individual on certain grounds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/25/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Defendants Found Incompetent to Stand Trial or Not Criminally Responsible - Commitment [HB-111]
Requiring a court to order a certain defendant committed to a certain facility if the court makes a certain finding; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to admit a certain defendant to a designated facility as soon as possible, but not later than 10 business days, after the Department receives the commitment order; requiring the Department to notify the court as to the date of admittance of the defendant; authorizing a court to impose certain sanctions if the Department fails to admit a defendant within a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 188 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Behavioral Health System - Implementation Plans to Improve Efficiency, Accountability, and Outcomes - Workgroup [SB-976]
Requiring the Secretary of Health to convene a stakeholder workgroup to develop certain implementation plans to improve efficiency, accountability, and outcomes of certain specialty behavioral health services; requiring the workgroup to include certain representatives; requiring that certain implementation plans include certain recommendations for a certain timeline and certain necessary steps to achieve certain outcomes; requiring the Secretary of Health to submit certain reports on or before certain dates; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-871]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates [SB-730]
Requiring the pay ranges for certain employee position classifications to be equal; providing that a certain provision of law may not be construed to decrease the pay rate of any employee; and requiring that the pay rate for a certain employee in the Behavioral Health Administration or the Developmental Disabilities Administration be at least two grades higher than a pay rate effective June 30, 2019.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019