---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health – Public Health Outreach Programs – Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Types of Dementia"
description: "Maryland Department of Health – Public Health Outreach Programs – Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Types of Dementia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "Maryland HB 119 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-08-31"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59a4b945-142f-486c-ba72-f1c38bf9d036"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0119?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8bc7b204b05c464040bd4b9221e7258e473f939430829154ea4fde8005b93b23"
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 119 (2021) — Maryland Department of Health – Public Health Outreach Programs – Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Types of Dementia

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health – Public Health Outreach Programs – Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Types of Dementia** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_349_hb0119t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health – Public Health Outreach Programs – Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Types of Dementia** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0119f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health – Public Health Outreach Programs – Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Types of Dementia** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0119t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 119 HB 171 HB 224 HB 290 HB 321 HB 358 HB 393 HB 394 — **130–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-04** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59a4b945-142f-486c-ba72-f1c38bf9d036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).