---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Residence Grievance System"
description: "Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Residence Grievance System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Maryland SB 8 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-05"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2751db9a-f0ea-4591-9c32-0bab0084bfb8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0008?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "25ac6cbb4be77cca8ae289b673dae1e788eda9a784f410e44cd3963d9506c0ac"
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 8 (2023) — Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Residence Grievance System

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Residence Grievance System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_262_sb0008t.pdf)
2. **First - Mental Health – Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0008f.pdf)
3. **Third - Mental Health - Treatment Plans for Individuals in Facilities and Residence Grievance System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0008t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** 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 262 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2751db9a-f0ea-4591-9c32-0bab0084bfb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).