---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020)"
description: "Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "Maryland HB 259 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bhandari", "Carey", "Cullison", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kipke", "Krebs", "Metzgar", "Morgan", "Reilly", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b54c8fce-a413-460c-8e05-639bb7f4a41e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0259?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2fd0153b2c70b7f279c07ffa9b21d972732a4c8b75be4b310de12d6d6fa3d5da"
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 259 (2020) — Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_139_hb0259t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0259f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Occupations - Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - Disciplinary Actions (The Patient's Access to Integrative Healthcare Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0259t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 259 HB 318 HB 1311 HB 1442 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Carey — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 139 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b54c8fce-a413-460c-8e05-639bb7f4a41e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).