---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment"
description: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "Maryland HB 573 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Allen", "Attar", "Boafo", "Charkoudian", "Fennell", "Guyton", "Harris", "Healey", "Henson", "Ivey", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Lopez", "McComas", "Mireku-North", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Simpson", "Taveras", "Terrasa", "Turner", "Vogel", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/977fc581-36e4-4257-90c7-21157bad882c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0573?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1a31b41135cd0fda8b61a91243e45c832a66c553bceb105d5c56b31d789e6a13"
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 573 (2023) — Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_402_hb0573t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0573f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0573t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `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 Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/977fc581-36e4-4257-90c7-21157bad882c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).