2022 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

SB994: Public Health - Mental Health Advance Directives - Awareness and Statewide Database

Legislative Summary

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a public awareness campaign to encourage the use of mental health advance directives in the State; and requiring the Behavioral Health Administration to study the feasibility and cost of establishing a centralized statewide database of mental health advance directives and report the findings of the study to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2022.

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Bill History

2/22/2022
First Reading Senate Rules
Senate
3/9/2022
Rereferred to Finance
Senate
3/16/2022
Hearing 3/22 at 1:30 p.m.
Senate
3/25/2022
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
Senate
3/25/2022
Favorable with Amendments {633125/1 Adopted
Senate
3/25/2022
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Senate
3/28/2022
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
Senate
3/29/2022
Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
House of Delegates

Amendments

Favorable with Amendments 633125/1 Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 633125/1 Adopted

3/25/2022Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
3/28/2022
44
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(3/28/2022)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Rules and Executive Nominations(House of Delegates)
Sine Die

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text3/25/2022120.2 KB
Introduced
Bill Text3/2/202298.0 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197036.9 KB