---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Mental Health Law - Small Private Group Home - Definition"
description: "Maryland Mental Health Law - Small Private Group Home - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 857"
citation: "Maryland HB 857 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Facilities and Regulation", "Public Health", "Diseases", "Group Homes", "Home Care Services", "Mental and Behavioral Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0424745c-3ad7-414e-89d5-ef6ff3869a1e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB857&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "4cc4885765115004916d3b0754126b390fb4e2ff4f1e86e6e796db80bc2fba8c"
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 857 (2017) — Maryland Mental Health Law - Small Private Group Home - Definition

## 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/hb0857f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **121–19** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Angel — primary (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Knotts — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (121-19) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 584 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0424745c-3ad7-414e-89d5-ef6ff3869a1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).