---
type: "Bill"
title: "2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)"
description: "2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 812"
citation: "Maryland HB 812 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cullison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94b8475a-73de-4996-ba05-5bccb5ea6b3b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0812?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "818750a1c914f73b400265b8f769f7f76c2ff9db9703c4d7b0eec95db1aea486"
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 812 (2021) — 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_66_hb0812t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0812f.pdf)
3. **Third - 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0812t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cullison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** 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
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94b8475a-73de-4996-ba05-5bccb5ea6b3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).