Maryland House Bill 121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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.

Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Resident Grievance System

Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]
Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]
Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]

2023-04-07 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 126 N: 0 NV: 10 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263
2023-04-07	House	Passed Enrolled
2023-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2023-04-07	House	House Concurs Senate Amendments
2023-04-04	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2023-03-31	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-31	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {123624/1 Adopted
2023-03-31	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2023-03-20	Senate	Referred Finance
2023-03-20	House	Third Reading Passed (126-0)
2023-03-16	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments {763122/1 Adopted
2023-03-16	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2023-01-22	House	Hearing 2/07 at 3:00 p.m.
2023-01-11	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations
2022-09-26	House	Pre-filed

SB8 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	10	706	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	10	908	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0121?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0121f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0121t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0121e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_263_hb0121e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0121_76312201.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0121_12362401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0121_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0121_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0510.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/1189.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0870.pdf