---
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: "SB 550"
citation: "Maryland SB 550 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Kelley", "King", "Klausmeier", "McCray", "Peters", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Waldstreicher", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92ace920-e84d-4336-828c-bd8151bf8ec7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0550?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a1148c9e1bc6c2875afd8dfab49a8d2853ff8e974d278bccc8775c75ca2d68bc"
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 550 (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_786_sb0550t.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/sb/sb0550f.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/sb/sb0550t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-31** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 786 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92ace920-e84d-4336-828c-bd8151bf8ec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).