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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Requirements for Alzheimer's Special Care Units and Regulations"
+description: "Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Requirements for Alzheimer's Special Care Units and Regulations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 204"
+citation: "Maryland SB 204 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-10-23"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28022d2b-d537-4be6-a185-f1c0f34be6e5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0204?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "a4bb9d7767cd43755066117d1dcbbda6bf8f2a06983f7151838fbdea7c54c024"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 204 (2021) — Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Requirements for Alzheimer's Special Care Units and Regulations
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Requirements for Alzheimer's Special Care Units and Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_480_sb0204e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Requirements for Alzheimer's Special Care Units and Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0204e.pdf)
+3. **First - Health Care Facilities – Assisted Living Programs – Memory Care and Alzheimer’s Disease Unit Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0204f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Regulations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0204t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **131–1** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-11** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2021-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 480 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28022d2b-d537-4be6-a185-f1c0f34be6e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+