---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health"
description: "Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 393"
citation: "Maryland HB 393 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barron", "Crutchfield", "Pena-Melnyk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-07-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d1898a0-2a2c-4a95-803d-f7a581e5e878"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0393?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8cc9cb3a8353c1275e79769c85d17f3720cd01cdf743c1edb8605ab11053fa29"
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 393 (2021) — Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_325_hb0393t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0393f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Health** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0393t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barron — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-09** 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 Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 325 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d1898a0-2a2c-4a95-803d-f7a581e5e878`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).