---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Services and Voluntary Placement Agreements - Children and Young Adults - Report Modifications"
description: "Behavioral Health Services and Voluntary Placement Agreements - Children and Young Adults - Report Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 520"
citation: "Maryland SB 520 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b0802af-efdc-4aab-8837-ffbe87374f5d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0520?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "369a9d504cacf8a2dc27d0fba3dd3beaddb3853014a31a6b853981a3a9c8be8b"
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 520 (2021) — Behavioral Health Services and Voluntary Placement Agreements - Children and Young Adults - Report Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Behavioral Health Services and Voluntary Placement Agreements - Children and Young Adults - Report Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_482_sb0520t.pdf)
2. **First - Behavioral Health Services and Voluntary Placement Agreements - Children and Young Adults - Report Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0520f.pdf)
3. **Third - Behavioral Health Services and Voluntary Placement Agreements - Children and Young Adults - Report Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0520t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-31** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 482 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b0802af-efdc-4aab-8837-ffbe87374f5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).