- Title
- Public Health - Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients and Workgroup on Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Overstays
- Sponsored by
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Griffith, Cullison, Bagnall, Bhandari, Guzzone, Hill, Hutchinson, Kaiser, Kerr, Lopez, Martinez, Reilly, Rosenberg, Ross, Szeliga, Taveras, Woods, and Woorman
- Status
- In the House - Passed Enrolled
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Specifying that the scope of the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System includes private and State inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services; requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, under certain circumstances, to ensure pediatric hospital overstay patients are placed in the least restrictive setting when clinically indicated and when possible; etc.
Committees
- Opposite:
- Finance
Committee Testimony
Details
Cross-filed with: SB0696
Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): June 1, 2025, July 1, 2025
Bill imposes a mandated appropriation in the annual State Budget Bill
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19-388 through 19-390, 7.5-802
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Last Updated: 4/9/2025 11:52 AM
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