2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

SB741: Forensic Mental Health Treatment

Legislative Summary

Altering the circumstances under which a certificate of need for changing bed capacity in a health care facility is required; establishing the Workgroup on Forensic Mental Health Treatment; requiring the Workgroup to develop a certain form to be used by judges in a proceeding related to incompetency to stand trial; establishing the Forensic Mental Health Treatment Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring courts to remit certain fines and monetary penalties into the Fund; etc.

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Bill History

1/31/2025
First Reading Finance and Judicial Proceedings
Senate
2/6/2025
Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/31/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance(Senate)

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Clarence Lam
Clarence Lam
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/31/2025147.9 KB