---
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: "HB 446"
citation: "Maryland HB 446 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Alston", "Bagnall", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97f28e8c-32ae-4ceb-90b3-6089db53f990"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0446?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "55baebe904fd3d5b1e98a4d7d345fcfde2c7e2ea28fdc88ec14340100013bee5"
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 446 (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_239_hb0446t.pdf)
2. **First - Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Clinical Toolkit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0446f.pdf)
3. **Third - Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Provider Resource Toolkit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0446t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/12 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97f28e8c-32ae-4ceb-90b3-6089db53f990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).