Maryland Senate Bill 96 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-05-30 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 801
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring that the regulations adopted by the Behavioral Health Administration governing the licensure of behavioral health programs include a requirement that a certain program establish and implement a safety plan for the safety of the individuals in the program before being issued a license; requiring a behavioral health program to submit a certain community relations plan; providing that a facility may satisfy certain requirements by implementing a safety plan established for another purpose, including an emergency plan; etc.

Public Health – Behavioral Health Programs and Health Care Facilities – Safety and Community Relations Plans

Sen. Cory McCray [D]

2021-04-07 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-09 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-30	Senate	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 801
2021-04-08	Senate	Returned Passed
2021-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2021-04-02	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2021-03-31	House	Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
2021-03-17	House	Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
2021-02-11	House	Referred Health and Government Operations
2021-02-09	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2021-02-05	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2021-02-05	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {577475/1 Adopted
2021-02-05	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2020-12-23	Senate	Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-01-13	Senate	First Reading Finance
2020-08-20	Senate	Pre-filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	19	1C-01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	19	2301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Health - General	5	402	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0096?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0096f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0096t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_801_sb0096t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/amds/bil_0006/sb0096_57747501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0096_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0096_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/0170.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/House/1177.pdf