---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Records and Reporting of Overdoses - Limitations on Use in Criminal Investigation or Prosecution"
description: "Health Records and Reporting of Overdoses - Limitations on Use in Criminal Investigation or Prosecution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "Maryland SB 568 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baltimore City Administration", "McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e77a07aa-d339-4dc4-8683-310496423dcd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0568?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "beb5805a57169b636fb83117c8760984039197f3f9be708c4a1822d99645242b"
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 568 (2022) — Health Records and Reporting of Overdoses - Limitations on Use in Criminal Investigation or Prosecution

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health Records and Reporting of Overdoses - Limitations on Use in Criminal Investigation or Prosecution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_517_sb0568t.pdf)
2. **First - Health Records and Reporting of Overdoses - Limitations on Use in Criminal Investigation or Prosecution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0568f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health Records and Reporting of Overdoses - Limitations on Use in Criminal Investigation or Prosecution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0568t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baltimore City Administration — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 517 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e77a07aa-d339-4dc4-8683-310496423dcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).