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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health Care Providers - Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions - Discussion of Benefits and Risks"
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description: "Health Care Providers - Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions - Discussion of Benefits and Risks"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 522"
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citation: "Maryland SB 522 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Public Health", "Controlled Dangerous Substances", "Discipline", "Drugs", "Health", "Health Occupations", "Minors", "Notices", "Parents and Guardians", "Patients", "Penalties and Sentences", "Records", "Review Boards"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-01-29"
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last_action: "2018-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df4fdf0f-fb17-4e06-a007-c6576e18038c"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB522&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "7fc573efe581970158c0645fa8a488718fad0c4c9a1295a49b30d2dc450bc700"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 522 (2018) — Health Care Providers - Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions - Discussion of Benefits and Risks
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0522f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **130–4** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Klausmeier — primary (person)
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- Bates — cosponsor (person)
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- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
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- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Muse — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Salling — cosponsor (person)
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- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {434233/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-28** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {426989/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (130-4) `passage`
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- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
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- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
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- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 216 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df4fdf0f-fb17-4e06-a007-c6576e18038c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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