Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB1083: Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Plan to Implement Early a
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
Requiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup, to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements; requiring the workgroup to provide recommendations to implement recommendations in a certain Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services State Health Official letter; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 2026.
What the bill says
An act concerning Maryland Department of Health - Workgroup Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Plan to Implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health to convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup on youth behavioral health, individuals with developmental disabilities, and individuals with complex behavioral health needs, to provide recommendati…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Maryland Department of Health - Workgroup Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Plan to Implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health to convene a Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup on youth behavioral health, individuals with developmental disabilities, and individuals with complex behavioral health needs, to provide recommendations to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements; and generally relating to a workgroup plan to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements. SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That: (a) The Maryland Department of Health shall convene a workgroup to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements. (b) The workgroup shall include the following (2) childhood mental health specialists; (3) clinicians who work with children and families; (4) children with behavioral health issues; (5) behavioral health advocates; (6) parents and caregivers with experience navigating the behavioral health system on behalf of children; and (7) other interested stakeholders. (c) (a) The Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup on youth behavioral health, individuals with developmental disabilities, …