HB 1066 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Workgroups

HB 1066 restructures Maryland's Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access by expanding its membership from 19 to 48 members. It adds 29 new appointed members representing specific stakeholders, including consumers of behavioral health services, substance use treatment providers, housing specialists, and experts in areas like drug policy reform. The bill also requires the Commission to establish a dedicated workgroup focused on improving health, social, and economic outcomes related to substance use. This change directly affects the Commission's composition and operational structure, aiming to enhance diverse representation in behavioral health policy development.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Signed May 20, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill updates the membership composition of the Maryland Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access by adding several new members and reorganizing the list of appointed representatives. The changes add a new workgroup requirement focused on substance use outcomes and include additional expertise areas like housing services for substance use disorders, drug policy reform, and lived experience with incarceration and drug court programs.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include a new requirement for the Commission to establish a workgroup on improving health, social, and economic outcomes related to substance use.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for the Commission to establish a workgroup focused on improving health, social, and economic outcomes related to substance use.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new Commission members including one representative of a managed care organization, one from the Office of the Public Defender, one from the Developmental Disability Coalition, and one from the Maryland Chapter of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.

Added new Commission members with specific expertise in housing options for substance use disorder, drug policy reform, and lived experience with incarceration and drug court programs.

Reorganized and renumbered the list of Commission members, shifting some positions and removing the Maryland State's Attorneys' Association representative.

TECHNICAL

Added sponsor names to the bill header and changed the bill title format from 'A BILL ENTITLED' to 'CHAPTER ______'.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

34–12

Passed

Total votes 46

Mar 17, 2025

D Democratic33

33 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican13

1 Yea 12 Nay

92% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 20, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 763

executive

Apr 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned Passed

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third Reading Passed

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable Adopted

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable Report by Finance

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred Finance

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (34-12)

senate

Mar 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations

lower

Mar 4, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (108-30-1)

house of delegates

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

First Reading Health and Government Operations

lower

17 primary · 0 co-sponsors