---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations"
description: "Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1048"
citation: "Maryland HB 1048 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13569a10-3be6-4735-98bb-91f50f665276"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1048?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0c008701e4a23c2a959ed6788c47d2762943f4532df09c8b34f326da7a330052"
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 1048 (2024) — Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_41_hb1048t.pdf)
2. **First - Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1048f.pdf)
3. **Third - Behavioral Health Advisory Council and Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1048t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 41 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13569a10-3be6-4735-98bb-91f50f665276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).