---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia"
description: "Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Maryland SB 313 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-25"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf84d150-dee7-436c-aeee-552c4cc7f4ab"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0313?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4d5d193a8cf43a3ffd3edc0fa5a1c37ed656681b75f75b8a27457f362850fe2e"
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 313 (2021) — Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_350_sb0313t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0313f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0313t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 350 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf84d150-dee7-436c-aeee-552c4cc7f4ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).