---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning"
description: "Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 599"
citation: "Maryland HB 599 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe697af5-3390-43f6-8341-0b36cdd1e1e7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0599?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "98f69740c218ae4ca6f860d4603f0c9549f20e1552ce7dd83e0cdd2058d97095"
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 599 (2021) — Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_485_hb0599e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0599e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0599f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health - Long-Term Care Planning** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0599t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/03 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 485 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe697af5-3390-43f6-8341-0b36cdd1e1e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).