---
type: "Bill"
title: "Garrett County Memorial Hospital – Lease Authorization and Alterations to Board of Governors"
description: "Garrett County Memorial Hospital – Lease Authorization and Alterations to Board of Governors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1471"
citation: "Maryland HB 1471 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beitzel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-26"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cadaa463-178d-49c2-91ed-3a654415d152"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1471?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "34530abd6f31b41350606d8ac52cd965f0299e77ac3c1dd21a5c0556f541434a"
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 HB 1471 (2022) — Garrett County Memorial Hospital – Lease Authorization and Alterations to Board of Governors

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Garrett County Memorial Hospital – Lease Authorization and Alterations to Board of Governors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_197_hb1471e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Garrett County Memorial Hospital – Lease Authorization and Alterations to Board of Governors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1471e.pdf)
3. **First - Garrett County Memorial Hospital – Lease Authorization and Alterations to Board of Governors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1471f.pdf)
4. **Third - Garrett County Memorial Hospital – Lease Authorization and Alterations to Board of Governors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1471t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beitzel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-26** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2022-03-11** Hearing 3/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/16 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 197 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cadaa463-178d-49c2-91ed-3a654415d152`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).