Maryland Senate Bill 164 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-05-18 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 137
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring that the behavioral health services for which the Maryland Department of Health provides service coordination for veterans under certain provisions of law include mental health first aid; requiring that mental health first aid consist of training for veterans and the immediate family members of veterans on how to identify and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders; requiring entities teaching a mental health first aid course to report certain information to the Department; etc.

Veterans - Behavioral Health Services - Mental Health First Aid

Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]

2021-03-29 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 131 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-18	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 137
2021-03-29	Senate	Returned Passed
2021-03-29	House	Third Reading Passed (131-0)
2021-03-25	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2021-03-24	House	Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
2021-03-20	House	Hearing canceled
2021-03-17	House	Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
2021-02-08	House	Referred Health and Government Operations
2021-02-05	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2021-02-03	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2021-02-03	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2021-02-03	Senate	Favorable Report by Finance
2020-12-23	Senate	Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-01-13	Senate	First Reading Finance
2020-08-13	Senate	Pre-filed

SB324 (Carry Over) 2020-03-16 - Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
HB605 (Crossfiled) 2021-05-18 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 136

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	13	2702	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	13	2703	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0164?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0164f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0164t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_137_sb0164t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0164_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0164_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0150.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/House/0827.pdf