---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Aging - Long-Term Care and Dementia Care Navigation Programs"
description: "Department of Aging - Long-Term Care and Dementia Care Navigation Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Maryland SB 228 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Ellis", "Gile", "Griffith", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Hester", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "Mautz", "Ready"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68e48d7c-1bf5-4dd5-b5d3-4ad6640edca6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0228?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "914b63cfedc612aecd037b6f71a9e212230f254314fab86822af755e6a3ea60c"
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 228 (2023) — Department of Aging - Long-Term Care and Dementia Care Navigation Programs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Aging - Long-Term Care and Dementia Care Navigation Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_667_sb0228e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of Aging - Long-Term Care and Dementia Care Navigation Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0228e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of Aging - Dementia Care Coordinator and Dementia Care Navigation Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0228f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of Aging - Long-Term Care and Dementia Care Navigation Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0228t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2023-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 667 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68e48d7c-1bf5-4dd5-b5d3-4ad6640edca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).