2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB1131: Public Health - Buprenorphine - Training Grant Program and Workgroup

Legislative Summary

Establishing the Buprenorphine Training Grant Program to assist counties with offsetting the cost of training paramedics to administer buprenorphine; including the Program as an authorized use of funding from the Opioid Restitution Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $50,000 from the Opioid Restitution Fund for the Program; and requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response to convene a workgroup to study access to buprenorphine in the State.

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Bill History

2/5/2025
First Reading Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
2/10/2025
Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/3/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
3/3/2025
Hearing 3/05 at 2:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/5/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
3/5/2025
Hearing 3/05 at 2:40 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/12/2025
Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
House of Delegates
3/12/2025
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
House of Delegates
3/13/2025
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
House of Delegates
3/17/2025
Referred Finance
Senate
3/18/2025
Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
3/31/2025
Favorable Report by Finance
Senate
4/2/2025
Favorable Adopted
Senate
4/2/2025
Second Reading Passed
Senate
4/3/2025
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Senate
4/3/2025
Returned Passed
House of Delegates

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
3/13/2025
138
Yea
0
Nay
2
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Enrolled(4/3/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Sponsors

Democrat: 1
Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Joe Vogel
Democrat

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text3/12/2025114.5 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/6/2025112.2 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197043.9 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197037.1 KB