2011 Regular Session
Mental Health
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 54
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Costa
- Entitled
- Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Termination Date - Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Walker
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kipke
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene - Admission Provisions - Definition of "Psychologist"
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 97
Status as of February 22, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Eckardt
- Entitled
- Behavioral Health - Integration of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Ross, Anderson, Arora, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Braveboy, Burns, Carr, Carter, Cullison, Dumais, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Holmes, Hucker, Ivey, Jameson, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Kramer, Lafferty, Lee, Luedtke, McIntosh, A. Miller, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Reznik, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Simmons, Stein, Stukes, Summers, Tarrant, V. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, Walker, Washington, Wilson, and Zucker
- Entitled
- The Lorraine Sheehan Health and Community Services Act of 2011
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means and Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Clagett, Arora, Cullison, Dumais, Lee, Mitchell, Niemann, Reznik, Stein, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Child Neglect
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hammen, Hubbard, Anderson, Arora, Barnes, Cullison, Dumais, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hucker, A. Kelly, Lee, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Reznik, Rosenberg, V. Turner, and Zucker
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Conformity with Federal Law
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Mental Hygiene Administration - Transfers Between Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Busch, Love, Barnes, Beidle, Costa, Frush, George, Kipke, McMillan, Pena-Melnyk, Sophocleus, and Vitale
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Arundel Lodge Expansion
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Burns, Boteler, DeBoy, George, Glass, Holmes, Ivey, James, Jameson, Kach, Lafferty, Minnick, Nathan-Pulliam, O'Donnell, Smigiel, Stukes, Szeliga, Tarrant, Weir, and Wood
- Entitled
- Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Donoghue, Costa, Glenn, Haynes, Kach, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Tarrant, V. Turner, Bromwell, Cullison, Elliott, Frank, Hammen, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, McDonough, Morhaim, Murphy, Oaks, Pendergrass, Ready, and Reznik
- Entitled
- Health - State Facilities and Residential Centers - Definition of Abuse
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Administration Facilities - Repeal of Provisions that Relate to Closed Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Burns, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Residential Child and Youth Care Practitioners - Certification - Implementation Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard and Hammen
- Entitled
- Maryland Community Health Resources Commission - Health Care Reform - Implementation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
HB 570
Status as of March 8, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Costa, Glenn, Griffith, Jones, Kipke, Mizeur, Stein, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Walker
- Entitled
- Health Care Providers - Training - Eating Disorders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 654
Status as of March 25, 2011: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg and Hubbard
- Entitled
- Clinical Review Panels - Psychiatric Medication - Correctional Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
HB 685
Status as of April 7, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kaiser, Barkley, Burns, Cardin, Cullison, DeBoy, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Holmes, Jameson, A. Kelly, Kramer, Lafferty, Luedtke, McIntosh, Mizeur, Morhaim, Reznik, S. Robinson, Simmons, Stein, Summers, V. Turner, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, and Walker
- Entitled
- Education - Bullying Safety Risks and Health Problems
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons, Rosenberg, and Dumais
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Access of Individuals with Mental Illness to Regulated Firearms
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Valentino-Smith, Boteler, DeBoy, Howard, McComas, Minnick, Mitchell, B. Robinson, Stein, F. Turner, V. Turner, Vallario, Wilson, Hammen, Pendergrass, Bromwell, Cullison, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, A. Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, McDonough, Morhaim, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, Reznik, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Behavioral Health - Veterans - Coordination and Provision of Services
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Children, Office for)
- Entitled
- Children, Youth, and Families - Services to Children with Special Needs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gilchrist, Barve, Simmons, Barkley, Cullison, Dumais, Hixson, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Lee, A. Miller, S. Robinson, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Mental Health Association HVAC Replacement
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hough, Alston, Anderson, Bates, Carter, Clippinger, Cluster, Dwyer, Eckardt, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Lee, McComas, McDermott, Mitchell, Ready, B. Robinson, Rosenberg, Simmons, Valderrama, Valentino-Smith, Waldstreicher, and Wood
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Swift and Certain Sanctions Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
HB 1035
Status as of March 2, 2011: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carter, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Carr, Clagett, Conaway, Frush, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Haynes, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, Hucker, Kaiser, Lee, Luedtke, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, S. Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Stukes, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Washington
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Security Act of 2011
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
HB 1100
Status as of March 22, 2011: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates B. Robinson, Bates, Bobo, Carter, Cullison, Eckardt, Feldman, Frank, Gutierrez, Howard, Hubbard, A. Kelly, Kipke, McIntosh, Mizeur, Nathan-Pulliam, and Washington
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard, Costa, Cullison, Kach, Lee, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Administration - Facilities - Trauma-Informed Care
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Education - Children with Disabilities - Regional Institutes for Children and Adolescents
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Cluster, and McDermott
- Entitled
- Privileged Communications - Critical Incident Stress Management and Peer Support
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - Definition of Victim
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Discharge from Commitment of Person Previously Found Not Criminally Responsible - Judicial Hearing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Administration Facilities - Repeal of Provisions that Relate to Closed Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture)
- Entitled
- State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Licensing
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Benson, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Kelley, King, Manno, Montgomery, Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- The Lorraine Sheehan Health and Community Services Act of 2011
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation and Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators King, Benson, DeGrange, Forehand, Garagiola, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Montgomery, Peters, Ramirez, Raskin, Stone, Young, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Child Neglect
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Middleton, Benson, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Montgomery, Pinsky, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Conformity with Federal Law
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Anne Arundel County - Arundel Lodge Expansion
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Kasemeyer, Astle, Currie, Ferguson, King, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Montgomery, Pugh, Raskin, Zirkin, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, and Muse
- Entitled
- Community Services Reimbursement Rate Commission - Termination Date - Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Forehand, Frosh, King, Montgomery, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Mental Health Association HVAC Replacement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton, Kasemeyer, and Kelley
- Entitled
- Residential Child and Youth Care Practitioners - Certification - Implementation Plan
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mathias
- Entitled
- Health - State Facilities and Residential Centers - Definition of Abuse
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pinsky, Benson, Forehand, Gladden, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Montgomery, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Security Act of 2011
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene - Admission Provisions - Definition of "Psychologist"
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Middleton and Kasemeyer
- Entitled
- Maryland Community Health Resources Commission - Health Care Reform - Implementation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Astle, Brochin, Colburn, Edwards, Garagiola, Glassman, Raskin, Reilly, Forehand, Jacobs, Ramirez, and Stone
- Entitled
- Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, DeGrange, Jacobs, Robey, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Sexually Violent Offender in Need of Commitment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 549
Status as of March 21, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators King, Forehand, Garagiola, Montgomery, Peters, Raskin, and Robey
- Entitled
- Education - Bullying Safety Risks and Health Problems - Parental Information
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Benson, Forehand, Jacobs, Jones-Rodwell, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Mental Hygiene Administration - Facilities - Trauma-Informed Care
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
SB 560
Status as of March 24, 2011: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Benson, Ferguson, Forehand, King, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Middleton, Montgomery, Raskin, and Young
- Entitled
- Health Occupations - State Board of Naturopathic Medicine
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pugh
- Entitled
- Health - Guidelines for Providing Mental Health Treatment to Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Ramirez
- Entitled
- Protective Order Violations - Mandatory Mental Health Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Kelley, Madaleno, and Stone
- Entitled
- Labor and Employment - Abusive Work Environments - Employee Remedies
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Montgomery, Astle, Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Mathias, Middleton, Muse, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Behavioral Health - Veterans - Coordination and Provision of Services
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study the Creation of a Maryland Center for School Safety
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Shank and Gladden
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Swift and Certain Sanctions Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Benson
- Entitled
- Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Vesta Glenarden Facility
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
