HB 672 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers

HB 672 requires Maryland's State Department of Education and Department of Health to annually assess school health and wellness personnel (including counselors, nurses, psychologists, and therapists) across all public schools. The assessment tracks personnel-to-student ratios, vacancy rates by role, and collects feedback on recruitment and retention strategies from school systems and health departments. It also expands the Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers by adding a school nurse representative to its 16 voting members. Reports on these findings must be submitted to the General Assembly each December starting in 2027. The bill directly affects school districts, health centers, and the 10 designated health professional roles listed in the law.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Signed May 6, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill was amended to add more sponsors, update committee and house action status, and refine the composition of the Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers. The changes include adding new council members, reorganizing the list of school health personnel, and modifying reporting requirements for workforce assessments.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include additional council members and updated the list of school health professionals covered under the new subtitle.

ELIGIBILITY

Added five new sponsors to the bill, including Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Alston, Bagnall, Bhandari, Guzzone, Hill, S. Johnson, Kaiser, Kerr, Lopez, Martinez, Rosenberg, Taveras, White Holland, Woods, and Woorman.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the council composition from 15 to 16 voting members and added a requirement that at least one representative of school-based health centers must come from a nursing background.

Updated the assessment requirements to include feedback from associations of school health and wellness professionals and added a requirement to publish reports on agency websites.

DEFINITION

Reorganized the list of school health and wellness personnel to include occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists, school counselors, school nurses, school psychologists, school social workers, and speech-language pathologists.

TIMELINE

Maintained the December 1, 2027 deadline for submitting the first assessment report to the General Assembly.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 16, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 1, 2025

How they voted

32–13

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 46

Mar 16, 2025

D Democratic33

32 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican13

13 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 6, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 345

executive

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned Passed

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third Reading Passed

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable Adopted

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable Report by Finance

upper

Mar 16, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (32-13-1)

senate

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred Finance

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations

lower

Mar 1, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (100-37-2)

house of delegates

Jan 24, 2025

Committee

First Reading Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means

lower

17 primary · 0 co-sponsors