Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1559: Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Prohibiting the placement of children in unlicensed settings under the out-of-home placement program required to be established by the Social Services Administration; altering the duties of the pediatric hospital overstay coordinators; establishing the Child and Youth Placement Review Panel in the Governor's Office for Children with the Senior Advisor for Children and Families as its head; establishing the Advisory Council on Maryland's System of Care for Children, Youth, and Families; etc.
Sponsors
- Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D, 21) · primary sponsor
- Michael Griffith (R, HD-035B)
- Gabriel Acevero (D, 39)
- Tiffany Alston (D, HD-024)
- Heather Bagnall (D, 33C)
- Ben Barnes (D, 21)
- Barry Beauchamp (R, 38B)
- Mark Chang (D, HD-032)
- Bonnie Cullison (D, 19)
- Mark Edelson (D, 46)
- Catherine Forbes (D, HD-042A)
- Jeff Ghrist (R, HD-036)
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor - Chapter 160
- : Returned Passed
- : Third Reading Passed (42-0)
- : Second Reading Passed