---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals"
description: "Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "Maryland HB 97 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-20"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/083b56d7-0012-4c02-b8ee-b28f54a931a2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0097?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1da0bbab3f8eb7d1d564c87a813dbdc4b17321f09ee431dc2ece7220a64b037a"
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 97 (2022) — Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_318_hb0097t.pdf)
2. **First - Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0097f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0097t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Hearing 1/20 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-19** Hearing 1/20 at 4:00 p.m.
- **2022-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 1/20 at 4:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/23 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 318 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/083b56d7-0012-4c02-b8ee-b28f54a931a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).