---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland)"
description: "Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 582"
citation: "Maryland SB 582 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7b0a524-89a7-4083-a716-21a146cadfff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0582?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6401cf229dbe1e17ec21ec7c88b227b45ee2d63c3f21cbca67f6d30112121a07"
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 582 (2023) — Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_290_sb0582t.pdf)
2. **First - Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0582f.pdf)
3. **Third - Behavioral Health Care - Treatment and Access (Behavioral Health Model for Maryland)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0582t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7b0a524-89a7-4083-a716-21a146cadfff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).