Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB446: Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Provider Resource Toolkit
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Altering the duties of the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Council to include an examination of the capacity of health care providers to deliver care to certain individuals and to identify methods by which the State can assist health care providers in delivering care to certain individuals; establishing the Dementia Services and Brain Health Program in the Maryland Department of Health to lead the State's public health efforts relating to brain health and dementia; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Clinical Provider Resource Toolkit FOR the purpose of altering the duties of the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Council; establishing the Dementia Services and Brain Health Program in the Maryland Department of Health to lead the State's public health efforts relating to brain health and dementia; requiring the Director of Dementia Services and Brain Health to administer the Program; requiring the Program, rather than the Director, to perform certain duties and staff the Council…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Clinical Provider Resource Toolkit FOR the purpose of altering the duties of the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Council; establishing the Dementia Services and Brain Health Program in the Maryland Department of Health to lead the State's public health efforts relating to brain health and dementia; requiring the Director of Dementia Services and Brain Health to administer the Program; requiring the Program, rather than the Director, to perform certain duties and staff the Council; requiring the Program to oversee implementation of a certain State Plan and support and promote the delivery of dementia-capable care; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with the Department of Aging, the Council, and other entities, to develop a clinical provider resource toolkit for dementia care for health care providers; and generally relating to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and dementia services. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Health - General Section 13-3201, 13-3202, 13-3207, 13-32A-03, and 13-32A-06 Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Health - General Section 13-3205, 13-3206, 13-32A-01, 13-32A-02, 13-32A-04, and 13-32A-05 Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Health - General Section 13-32A-07 …