---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations"
description: "Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Maryland SB 212 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-13"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3a8a315-9959-4b16-9dfc-058aaee05e8c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0212?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "64700a3185cadf625e20f77afbc029ee210c2df84c1e7f964a292fe5207851fb"
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 212 (2024) — Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_42_sb0212e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0212e.pdf)
3. **First - Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0212f.pdf)
4. **Third - Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0212t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 42 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3a8a315-9959-4b16-9dfc-058aaee05e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).