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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral Health Programs – Outpatient Mental Health Centers – Medical Directors"
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description: "Behavioral Health Programs – Outpatient Mental Health Centers – Medical Directors"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 944"
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citation: "Maryland SB 944 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Health", "Communications", "Federal Government", "Health", "Health Care Facilities", "Health Occupations", "Medical Treatments", "Mental and Behavioral Health", "Nurses", "Patients", "Psychiatrists", "Rules and Regulations", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-15"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38d53b9b-2fc1-4738-931e-527a254fc574"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB944&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "f4c44d22de834bf7ca31e84ee28fabc18e3b2c1ee307b74a596fb86917eddc3f"
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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 944 (2019) — Behavioral Health Programs – Outpatient Mental Health Centers – Medical Directors
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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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0944f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eckardt — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-15** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-21** Rereferred to Finance
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- **2019-03-04** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** Favorable with Amendments {627874/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-03** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
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- **2019-04-03** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed
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- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (132-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 482 `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/38d53b9b-2fc1-4738-931e-527a254fc574`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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