Legislation - SB0592

Title: Public Health - Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs - Establishment
Sponsored by: Senator Augustine
Status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
Analysis

Synopsis

Establishing the Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs in the Maryland Department of Health to provide funding for training, grant awards, demonstration projects, or other purposes designed to improve behavioral health care services in the State; requiring the Department to pay to the Comptroller certain civil penalties collected from behavioral health programs and the Comptroller to distribute the penalties into the Fund; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.

Committees

Original:: Finance; Budget and Taxation

Details

Cross-filed with: HB0743

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/27/2025 Legislative Date 1/23/2025 Action First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Public Health - Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs - Establishment Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/31/2025 Legislative Date 1/31/2025 Action Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	1/27/2025	1/23/2025	First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation
			Text - First - Public Health - Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs - Establishment
Senate	1/31/2025	1/31/2025	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)

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