---
type: "Bill"
title: "2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)"
description: "2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 719"
citation: "Maryland SB 719 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Feldman", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kelley", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Ready", "Smith", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0ddc36c-d5cd-4c8b-a90f-8373ad8a44c5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0719?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "01f9d5f065e02d96dbc240215bfac20a2f2e52a6d5e0315fb07d4c00f6d2ded3"
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 719 (2021) — 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program (The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_67_sb0719t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0719f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Mental Health Services Phone Call Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0719t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 67 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0ddc36c-d5cd-4c8b-a90f-8373ad8a44c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).