---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Provider Resource Toolkit"
description: "Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Provider Resource Toolkit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 555"
citation: "Maryland SB 555 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1944eac-1579-4b6a-ae12-0273bc4eb6d4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0555?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e1c8d7cea1a24c7de31ea0174f86c0a0f8fb31fa463b2a83340eda4fa82d92fa"
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 555 (2026) — Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Provider Resource Toolkit

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Provider Resource Toolkit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_240_sb0555e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Provider Resource Toolkit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0555e.pdf)
3. **First - Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Clinical Toolkit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0555f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Provider Resource Toolkit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0555t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 240 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1944eac-1579-4b6a-ae12-0273bc4eb6d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).