---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals and Related Institutions - Residential Treatment Centers - Accreditation"
description: "Hospitals and Related Institutions - Residential Treatment Centers - Accreditation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 403"
citation: "Maryland SB 403 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/343a0206-eec6-45bf-af84-acc837f67e1f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0403?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c709ba6a840e60f91ef5670eab559034f08391645aa627f37274eef0ad7b3d58"
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 403 (2024) — Hospitals and Related Institutions - Residential Treatment Centers - Accreditation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Hospitals and Related Institutions - Residential Treatment Centers - Accreditation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_854_sb0403t.pdf)
2. **First - Hospitals and Related Institutions - Residential Treatment Centers - Accreditation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0403f.pdf)
3. **Third - Hospitals and Related Institutions - Residential Treatment Centers - Accreditation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0403t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-16** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 854 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/343a0206-eec6-45bf-af84-acc837f67e1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).