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MDHB11PassRepealing the June 30, 2025, termination date for certain provisions of law related to referrals to and reimbursement of specialists and nonphysician specialists who are not part of a carrier's provider panel; prohibiting certain carriers from imposi...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 660
MDSB163PassReplacing references to mental hygiene with references to mental health in certain provisions of law governing public health; establishing that, by July 1, 2027, the Department of Health shall conduct a thorough review of Department regulations and a...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 760
MDHB352PassEstablishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribut...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 604
MDSB423PassRepealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, and making language consistent across certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health pr...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 675
MDHB722PassRequiring the Maryland Department of Health to submit reports on or before December 1, 2025, and December 1, 2026, to the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Health and Government Operations Committee, and th...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 697
MDHB745PassRequiring the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to issue a license to practice behavior analysis to qualified applicants within 30 days of receiving the completed application; requiring the State Board to issue a license within 50...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 755
MDSB599PassRequiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2029 an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Grant Program.
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 666
MDHB776PassRepealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, and making language consistent across certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health pr...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 676
MDSB684PassRequiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with the Commission on Health Equity, to develop a clear and easy-to-understand graphic data dashboard that includes age-adjusted health disparity data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, an...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 662
MDHB1004PassRequiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with certain entities, to incorporate information regarding treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and to increase understandin...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 681
MDSB748PassRequiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with certain entities, to incorporate information regarding treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and to increase understandin...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 682
MDHB971PassEstablishing 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 ...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 657
MDSB790PassRequiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup on youth behavioral health, individuals with developmental disabilities, and individuals with complex behavioral...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 686
MDSB902PassRepealing the June 30, 2025, termination date for certain provisions of law related to referrals to and reimbursement of specialists and nonphysician specialists who are not part of a carrier's provider panel; prohibiting certain carriers from imposi...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 661
MDSB900PassRequiring the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System to have a State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, rather than a crisis communication center, in each jurisdiction; requiring each State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the System t...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 658
MDHB1066PassRequiring the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to establish a workgroup on the improvement of health, social, and economic outcomes related to substance use; requiring the workgroup to make recommendations on changes to State...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 763
MDHB1083PassRequiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup, to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements; requiring the workgroup to p...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 687
MDHB1100PassRequiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with the Commission on Health Equity, to develop a clear and easy-to-understand graphic data dashboard that includes age-adjusted health disparity data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, an...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 663
MDHB1146PassRequiring the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System to have a State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, rather than a crisis communication center, in each jurisdiction; requiring each State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the System t...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 659
MDHB1351PassAltering the providers of certain community-based health services that a carrier is prohibited from rejecting for participation on the carrier's provider panel; and altering the period of time in which certain carriers are required to accept or deny ...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746
MDHB718PassEstablishing the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission to monitor and assess the impact of potential and actual federal changes to specified health care programs and to provide recommendations for State and local action to protect ...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 696
MDHB1519PassAmending certain prior authorizations of State Debt to change the names of certain grantees, alter the authorized uses of certain grants, and extend the termination date of certain grants.
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 643
MDHB1222PassRequiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State or local government that operate at certain sensitive lo...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 718
MDHB1316VetoRequiring the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to develop and publish a youth-centric technology and social media resource guide by the ...
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2025-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
MDHB309PassEstablishing certain confidentiality requirements for peer support counseling programs for law enforcement agencies; prohibiting a peer support specialist from disclosing the contents of any written or oral communication regarding a peer support int...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 510
MDSB326PassEstablishing certain confidentiality requirements for peer support counseling programs for law enforcement agencies; prohibiting a peer support specialist from disclosing the contents of any written or oral communication regarding a peer support inte...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511
MDSB396PassAltering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 573
MDSB548PassAuthorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a ...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 484
MDHB707PassRequiring that an original and renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document the applicant's nonapparent disability; requiring the Motor Vehicle Admini...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440
MDSB696PassSpecifying that the scope of the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System includes both private and State inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services; requiring the Maryland Department of He...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 480
MDHB962PassSpecifying that the scope of the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System includes private and State inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services; requiring the Maryland Department of Health ...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 479
MDSB833PassRequiring the Department of Human Services to conduct a study to determine the types of State support that would be appropriate and beneficial to assist private providers of treatment foster care homes in the provision of services; and requiring the ...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 528
MDHB1191PassAuthorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a ...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 483
MDHB161PassRequiring each county board of education to adopt curriculum guides and courses of study aligned with content standards established by the State Department of Education; establishing a process for correcting discrepancies identified by the State Supe...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 245
MDHB197PassRequiring the State Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan by July 1, 2026, for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools which integrate restorative practices into daily practices and activities of the whole school; requiri...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 240
MDSB68PassRequiring the State Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan by July 1, 2026, for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools which integrate restorative practices into daily practices and activities of the whole school; requiri...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241
MDHB185PassAltering the fiscal years to include fiscal year 2027 through fiscal year 2029, during which the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,700,000 to the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program.
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 238
MDHB337PassRequiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to distribute from the State Lottery Fund $250,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 403
MDSB310PassAltering the requirements of the Youth Suicide Prevention School Program to increase pupil awareness of the relationship between gambling and youth suicide.
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 246
MDSB359PassAltering the fiscal years from 2023 through 2025, and for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2029, during which the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,700,000 to the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program.
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239
MDHB497PassProhibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from using certain restraints unless there is a substantial likelihood of imminent serious physical harm to a child or others; prohibiting transportation ...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343
MDSB400PassProhibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from using certain restraints unless there is a substantial likelihood of imminent serious physical harm to a child or others; prohibiting transportation ...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344
MDSB491PassDefining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges.
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 271
MDHB699PassDefining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges.
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 270
MDHB672PassRequiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to conduct an assessment of school health and wellness personnel each year; altering the membership of the Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Healt...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 345
MDHB32PassRequiring 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 recommendati...
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2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 115
MDSB43PassRequiring 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 rel...
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2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116
MDHB293PassAltering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony ...
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2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150
MDSB274PassAltering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony ...
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2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151
MDHB853PassAuthorizing a certain individual to file a motion to reduce the duration of a certain sentence if the individual was convicted between the ages of at least 18 and under 25, was not sentenced to life, is not a sex offender, has served at least 20 year...
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2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 96
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