---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services – Modifications"
description: "Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services – Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Maryland SB 286 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67637821-6b7a-4787-8db7-5321aaa4c2bb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0286?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8208755e7243d02de6c2aebee978b979b79b6e8f15cfbf3b194fc1df7df23020"
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 SB 286 (2021) — Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services – Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_756_sb0286e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0286e.pdf)
3. **First - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0286f.pdf)
4. **Third - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services – Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0286t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 756 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67637821-6b7a-4787-8db7-5321aaa4c2bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).