---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth"
description: "Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 322"
citation: "Maryland HB 322 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Foley", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Healey", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pruski", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Terrasa", "White", "Woods", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f499773-60ce-43cb-b1d1-55b35e7d742f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0322?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ece2954b1ebe19cf0aaef935d2f802d4fe484bcb9764ff34a74ffe9cba9ef13b"
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 HB 322 (2023) — Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_379_hb0322e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0322e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0322f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health - Home- and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0322t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** 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`
- **2023-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f499773-60ce-43cb-b1d1-55b35e7d742f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).