---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment"
description: "Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 872"
citation: "Maryland HB 872 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2b07c6c-1165-4963-a33a-88e54bf53810"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0872?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "92b4c82cb7c5ab614b1834dfe3fb2586b92514258d79ae614d22c970439974b9"
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 872 (2021) — Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_785_hb0872t.pdf)
2. **First - Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0872f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0872t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2021-03-20** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Finance Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 785 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2b07c6c-1165-4963-a33a-88e54bf53810`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).