Maryland House Bill 1289

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-10 - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Hearing: Mar 5 @ 1:00 pm House Health and Government Operations Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish by regulation standards relating to the discharge of patients from drug and alcohol treatment programs and certain referral services offered to patients by certain drug and alcohol treatment programs; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the status of the adoption and revision of regulations to implement the requirements of the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017, and a plan for the enforcement of the statutory and regulatory requirements under the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017.

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Discharge of Patients and Referral Services - Standards

Del. Seth Howard [R]

Del. Jason Buckel [R]

Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-10	House	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-02-07	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

HB1396 (Carry Over) 2024-03-19 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	5	402.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1289?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1289f.pdf