---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health - Language Assistance Services Pilot Program"
description: "Behavioral Health - Language Assistance Services Pilot Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 991"
citation: "Maryland SB 991 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/682da725-7711-4916-81cd-7fd21d0b5b5b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0991?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e57f4c7f74cec034a75b91a9d3532111fdbeb544a1e1fb5d49ab61f1e386fdf4"
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 991 (2024) — Behavioral Health - Language Assistance Services Pilot Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Behavioral Health - Language Assistance Services Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_867_sb0991e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Behavioral Health - Language Assistance Services Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0991e.pdf)
3. **First - Behavioral Health - Language Assistance Services Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0991f.pdf)
4. **Third - Behavioral Health - Language Assistance Services Pilot Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0991t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **107–31** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 867 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/682da725-7711-4916-81cd-7fd21d0b5b5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).