Maryland Senate Bill 521 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 18 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-18 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a certain action plan to increase access to and the availability of professional veteran health services to prevent veteran suicides; requiring the plan to address certain matters; requiring the Department to collaborate with interested parties in developing the plan; requiring the Department to implement certain initiatives and reforms by June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2029; requiring a certain report to the Governor and General Assembly by July 1, 2020; etc.

Veteran Suicide Prevention - Comprehensive Action Plan

Sen. William Smith [D]	Sen. Jack Bailey [R]	Sen. Bob Cassilly [R]	Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]
Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]	Sen. William Ferguson [D]	Sen. Jason Gallion [R]	Sen. Melony Griffith [D]
Sen. Antonio Hayes [D]	Sen. Michael Hough [R]	Sen. J.B. Jennings [R]	Sen. Nancy King [D]
Sen. Justin Ready [R]	Sen. Edward Reilly [R]	Sen. Johnny Salling [R]	Sen. Andrew Serafini [R]
Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]	Sen. Chris West [R]	Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]
Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]
Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]

2019-03-27 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (134-0) (Y: 134 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-03-07 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-18	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 35
2019-04-05	Senate	Returned Passed
2019-04-04	House	Third Reading Passed (134-0)
2019-04-04	House	Second Reading Passed
2019-04-04	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-04-04	House	Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
2019-03-12	House	Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-03-08	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations
2019-03-07	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2019-03-05	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-05	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {517279/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-04	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2019-02-06	Senate	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-04	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0521?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0521f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0521t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_35_sb0521t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0521_51727901.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0521.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0521_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0412.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0521_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/1302.pdf