HB 1629

Maryland House of Delegates bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: May 15, 2026.

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Discharge of Patients and Referral Services - Standards.

Bill ID MD-2026-HB-1629

Session 2026

Status in_committee

Committee Rules and Executive Nominations

House of Delegates in_committee 2026-05-15

Family / Children

Summary

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish by regulation standards relating to the discharge of patients from drug and alcohol treatment programs and certain referral services offered to patients by certain drug and alcohol treatment programs; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the status of the adoption and revision of regulations to implement the requirements of the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017, and a plan for the enforcement of the statutory and regulatory requirements under the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017.

Sponsor

Delegate Howard

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
0000-00-00	Status	in_committee
2026-02-25	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-05-15	Latest Action	In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations

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