---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol and Drug Counseling - Alcohol and Drug Trainees - Practice Through Telehealth"
description: "Alcohol and Drug Counseling - Alcohol and Drug Trainees - Practice Through Telehealth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1287"
citation: "Maryland HB 1287 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42a5092c-7eff-4849-84a1-36d342307844"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1287?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2fefb27ee1858368132b7ca71778dd3499ab23f55c169bbd60df72923ca9ae65"
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 1287 (2021) — Alcohol and Drug Counseling - Alcohol and Drug Trainees - Practice Through Telehealth

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Alcohol and Drug Counseling - Alcohol and Drug Trainees - Practice Through Telehealth** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_796_hb1287t.pdf)
2. **First - Alcohol and Drug Counseling - Alcohol and Drug Trainees - Practice Through Telehealth** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1287f.pdf)
3. **Third - Alcohol and Drug Counseling - Alcohol and Drug Trainees - Practice Through Telehealth** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1287t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 796 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42a5092c-7eff-4849-84a1-36d342307844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).