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+type: "Bill"
+title: "2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)"
+description: "2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 719"
+citation: "Maryland SB 719 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Feldman", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kelley", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Ready", "Smith", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-03"
+last_action: "2021-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0ddc36c-d5cd-4c8b-a90f-8373ad8a44c5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0719?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "01f9d5f065e02d96dbc240215bfac20a2f2e52a6d5e0315fb07d4c00f6d2ded3"
+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 719 (2021) — 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_67_sb0719t.pdf)
+2. **First - Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0719f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0719t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Augustine — primary (person)
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+- Kelley — primary (person)
+- Klausmeier — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
+- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 67 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0ddc36c-d5cd-4c8b-a90f-8373ad8a44c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+