---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - Council and Coordination of Services (Dementia Services Act of 2022)"
description: "Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - Council and Coordination of Services (Dementia Services Act of 2022)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Maryland SB 27 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-28"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73b621ba-2032-4cb9-b360-77d0fdd4f475"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0027?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1ce2602a84b385b9aade898e52b98cb5f844c6a9bcefa0431dc139258c2385e8"
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 27 (2022) — Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - Council and Coordination of Services (Dementia Services Act of 2022)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - Council and Coordination of Services (Dementia Services Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_397_sb0027e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - Council and Coordination of Services (Dementia Services Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0027e.pdf)
3. **First - Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - Council and Coordination of Services (Dementia Services Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0027f.pdf)
4. **Third - Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia - Council and Coordination of Services (Dementia Services Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0027t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 397 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73b621ba-2032-4cb9-b360-77d0fdd4f475`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).