---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disclosure of Medical Records - Guardian Ad Litem - Victims of Crime or Delinquent Acts"
description: "Disclosure of Medical Records - Guardian Ad Litem - Victims of Crime or Delinquent Acts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Maryland HB 233 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Health Occupations", "Criminal Law - Procedure", "Courts", "Crimes and Punishments", "Developmental Disabilities", "Disabilities", "Disclosure", "Elderly Persons", "Fees", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Minors", "Parents and Guardians", "Records", "Safety", "Victims", "Vulnerable Adults"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5c8b2b7-9d41-4f26-8499-86b5d2a008af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB233&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "a73a0a3a7b0b09facfecea71117592a792a489b8fc388c820b6c174caa9301e3"
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 HB 233 (2017) — Disclosure of Medical Records - Guardian Ad Litem - Victims of Crime or Delinquent Acts

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0233f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5c8b2b7-9d41-4f26-8499-86b5d2a008af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).