Legislation
- Title
- Public Health - Mental Health Advance Directives - Awareness and Statewide Database
- Sponsored by
- Senators Beidle and Augustine
- Status
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 297
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a public awareness campaign to encourage the use of mental health advance directives in the State; and requiring the Behavioral Health Administration and the Maryland Health Care Commission jointly to study how first responders and behavioral health crisis providers can access a certain advanced directive database when responding to a behavioral health crisis and to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on their findings on or before December 1, 2023.
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Details
Introduced in a prior session as: SB0994 Session: 2022 Regular Session
Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): July 1, 2023
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5-602.1, 5-615.2 )
Last Updated: 6/9/2023 2:58 PM