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type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Confidentiality of Medical Records and Emergency Facilities List"
description: "Mental Health Confidentiality of Medical Records and Emergency Facilities List"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 441"
citation: "Maryland SB 441 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Benson", "Feldman", "Hayes", "Hershey", "Jennings", "Kelley", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Reilly"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16b493e4-f116-4993-90b6-a25fcc236e4e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0441?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "852a9198080dfc03b314eb49fe3c15e8e83cf5f1237d905de4e962649b7ccf6e"
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 441 (2020) — Mental Health Confidentiality of Medical Records and Emergency Facilities List
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Mental Health Confidentiality of Medical Records and Emergency Facilities List** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_173_sb0441e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Mental Health Confidentiality of Medical Records and Emergency Facilities List** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0441e.pdf)
3. **First - Mental Health - Emergency Facilities List - Comprehensive Crisis Response Centers, Crisis Stabilization Centers, and Crisis Treatment Centers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0441f.pdf)
4. **Third - Mental Health - Emergency Facilities List - Comprehensive Crisis Response Centers, Crisis Stabilization Centers, and Crisis Treatment Centers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0441t.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **1340** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **1340** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Pena-Melnyk) Adopted
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 173 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16b493e4-f116-4993-90b6-a25fcc236e4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).