Files
2026-07-06 17:27:20 -04:00

146 lines
6.3 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs"
description: "Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 576"
citation: "Maryland HB 576 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Administration", "Allen", "Alston", "Amprey", "Anderton", "Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Bhandari", "Boafo", "Bouchat", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Chisholm", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Fennell", "Foley", "Forbes", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Harris", "Harrison", "Henson", "Hill", "Hornberger", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Jackson", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Love", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "McCaskill", "Munoz", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Pena-Melnyk", "Phillips", "Pruski", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rosenberg", "Ruff", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Speaker", "Spiegel", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "Taylor", "Toles", "Tomlinson", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Watson", "White Holland", "Williams", "Woods", "Wu"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98a48810-986d-420e-bef2-065444a36730"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0576?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "70938cd94d9756d5a71ea0c4de8c223697731dea940f865bbc50431af49e2009"
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 576 (2024) — Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_703_hb0576e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0576e.pdf)
3. **First - Mental Health - Emergency Evaluation and Involuntary Admission Procedures and Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0576f.pdf)
4. **Third - Mental Health - Emergency Evaluation and Involuntary Admission Procedures and Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0576t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **440** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1372** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1322** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Administration — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Bouchat — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Munoz — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ruff — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
- Spiegel — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-24** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 703 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98a48810-986d-420e-bef2-065444a36730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).