Maryland Senate Bill 550 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-4)
Status: Passed on May 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-05-30 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 786
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Establishing the Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans to provide funds to local nonprofit organizations to establish and expand community behavioral health programs to serve members, veterans, and their families; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to administer the Program and to establish a statewide system to assess the services provided by the nonprofit organizations; authorizing the Governor to provide $2,500,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program; etc.

Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans – Establishment

Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Sen. Malcolm Augustine [D]	Sen. Adelaide Eckardt [R]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]
Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]
Sen. Johnny Salling [R]	Sen. Paul Corderman [R]	Sen. George Edwards [R]	Sen. Sarah Elfreth [D]
Sen. Melony Griffith [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Cory McCray [D]	Sen. Douglas Peters [D]
Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]	Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

2021-04-12 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 139 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-03-19 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-30	Senate	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 786
2021-04-12	Senate	Returned Passed
2021-04-12	House	Third Reading Passed (139-0)
2021-04-10	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2021-04-09	House	Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
2021-03-20	House	Referred Health and Government Operations Appropriations
2021-03-19	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2021-03-18	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2021-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {647472/1 Adopted
2021-03-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2021-01-31	Senate	Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
2021-01-26	Senate	First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation

SB904 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
HB872 (Crossfiled) 2021-05-30 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 785

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	5	210	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0550?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0550f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0550t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_786_sb0550t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0550_64747201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0550_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0550_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0550_app.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0574.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/House/1471.pdf