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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0790* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 790 | |
| 11 | 8 | J1 5lr3062 | |
| 12 | - | CF | |
| 9 | + | CF 5lr3061 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Augustine | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Finance | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 24, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | - | Maryland Department of Health – Workgroup Behavioral Health Advisory 2 | |
| 25 | - | Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access – 3 | |
| 26 | - | Plan to Implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment 4 | |
| 27 | - | Requirements 5 | |
| 18 | + | Maryland Department of Health – Workgroup to Implement Early and Periodic 2 | |
| 19 | + | Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements 3 | |
| 28 | 20 | ||
| 29 | - | FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health to convene a Behavioral 6 | |
| 30 | - | Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment 7 | |
| 31 | - | and Access, through its workgroup on youth behavioral health, individuals with 8 | |
| 32 | - | developmental disabilities, and individuals with complex behavioral health needs, to 9 | |
| 33 | - | provide recommendations to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, 10 | |
| 34 | - | and Treatment requirements; and generally relating to a workgroup plan to 11 | |
| 35 | - | implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements. 12 | |
| 21 | + | FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health to convene a workgroup 4 | |
| 22 | + | to implement Early and Peri odic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment 5 | |
| 23 | + | requirements; and generally relating to a workgroup to implement Early and 6 | |
| 24 | + | Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements. 7 | |
| 36 | 25 | ||
| 37 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, | |
| 38 | - | That: | |
| 26 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 8 | |
| 27 | + | That: 9 | |
| 39 | 28 | ||
| 40 | - | (a) The Maryland Department of Health shall convene a workgroup to implement | |
| 41 | - | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements. | |
| 29 | + | (a) The Maryland Department of Health shall convene a workgroup to implement 10 | |
| 30 | + | Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements. 11 | |
| 42 | 31 | ||
| 43 | - | (b) The workgroup shall include the following members: | |
| 32 | + | (b) The workgroup shall include the following members: 12 | |
| 44 | 33 | ||
| 45 | - | (1) behavioral health professionals who work with children and families; | |
| 34 | + | (1) behavioral health professionals who work with children and families; 13 | |
| 46 | 35 | ||
| 47 | - | (2) childhood mental health specialists; 19 | |
| 36 | + | (2) childhood mental health specialists; 14 | |
| 37 | + | ||
| 38 | + | (3) clinicians who work with children and families; 15 | |
| 39 | + | ||
| 40 | + | (4) children with behavioral health issues; 16 | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | (5) behavioral health advocates; 17 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | (6) parents and caregivers with experience navigating the behavioral 18 | |
| 45 | + | health system on behalf of children; and 19 | |
| 46 | + | ||
| 47 | + | (7) other interested stakeholders. 20 | |
| 48 | 48 | 2 SENATE BILL 790 | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | ||
| 51 | - | (3) clinicians who work with children and families; 1 | |
| 51 | + | (c) The workgroup shall create a plan to implement the recommendations in 1 | |
| 52 | + | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services State Health Official letter #24–005: Best 2 | |
| 53 | + | Practices for Adhering to Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment 3 | |
| 54 | + | (EPSDT) Requirements for children, including: 4 | |
| 52 | 55 | ||
| 53 | - | ( | |
| 56 | + | (1) screening and assessment of behavioral health conditions; 5 | |
| 54 | 57 | ||
| 55 | - | (5) behavioral health advocates; 3 | |
| 58 | + | (2) the feasibility of implementing the DC:0–5 Diagnostic Classification of 6 | |
| 59 | + | Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood as a 7 | |
| 60 | + | diagnostic tool for patients under the age of 5 years; 8 | |
| 56 | 61 | ||
| 57 | - | ( | |
| 58 | - | health | |
| 62 | + | (3) community–based services to correct and ameliorate a wide range of 9 | |
| 63 | + | behavioral health conditions; and 10 | |
| 59 | 64 | ||
| 60 | - | ( | |
| 65 | + | (4) services to: 11 | |
| 61 | 66 | ||
| 62 | - | (c) (a) The Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral 7 | |
| 63 | - | Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup on youth behavioral health, 8 | |
| 64 | - | individuals with developmental disabilities, and individuals with complex behavioral 9 | |
| 65 | - | health needs, shall create a plan provide recommendations to implement the 10 | |
| 66 | - | recommendations in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services State Health Official 11 | |
| 67 | - | letter #24–005: Best Practices for Adhering to Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, 12 | |
| 68 | - | and Treatment (EPSDT) Requirements for children, including: 13 | |
| 67 | + | (i) ensure children’s behavioral health; 12 | |
| 69 | 68 | ||
| 70 | - | (1) screening and assessment of behavioral health conditions; 14 | |
| 69 | + | (ii) address early symptoms of concern, with or without a diagnosis; 13 | |
| 70 | + | and 14 | |
| 71 | 71 | ||
| 72 | - | (2) the feasibility of implementing the DC:0–5 Diagnostic Classification of 15 | |
| 73 | - | Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood as a 16 | |
| 74 | - | diagnostic tool for patients under the age of 5 years; 17 | |
| 72 | + | (iii) address urgent and crisis needs. 15 | |
| 75 | 73 | ||
| 76 | - | (3) community–based services to correct and ameliorate a wide range of 18 | |
| 77 | - | behavioral health conditions; and 19 | |
| 74 | + | (d) On or before December 1, 2025, the Maryland Department of Health shall 16 | |
| 75 | + | submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the workgroup to the General 17 | |
| 76 | + | Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article. 18 | |
| 78 | 77 | ||
| 79 | - | (4) services to: 20 | |
| 78 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 19 | |
| 79 | + | 1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and, at the end of June 30, 2026, this 20 | |
| 80 | + | Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no 21 | |
| 81 | + | further force and effect. 22 | |
| 80 | 82 | ||
| 81 | - | (i) ensure children’s behavioral health; 21 | |
| 82 | - | ||
| 83 | - | (ii) address early symptoms of concern, with or without a diagnosis; 22 | |
| 84 | - | and 23 | |
| 85 | - | ||
| 86 | - | (iii) address urgent and crisis needs. 24 | |
| 87 | - | ||
| 88 | - | (b) In performing the duties described in subsection (a) of this section, the Council 25 | |
| 89 | - | and Commission, through its workgroup, shall consult with: 26 | |
| 90 | - | ||
| 91 | - | (1) behavioral health professionals who work with children and families; 27 | |
| 92 | - | ||
| 93 | - | (2) early childhood mental health specialists; 28 | |
| 94 | - | ||
| 95 | - | (3) clinicians who work with children and families; 29 | |
| 96 | - | ||
| 97 | - | (4) children with behavioral health issues; 30 SENATE BILL 790 3 | |
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| 99 | - | ||
| 100 | - | ||
| 101 | - | (5) behavioral health advocates; 1 | |
| 102 | - | ||
| 103 | - | (6) parents and caregivers with experience navigating the behavioral 2 | |
| 104 | - | health system on behalf of children; and 3 | |
| 105 | - | ||
| 106 | - | (7) other interested stakeholders. 4 | |
| 107 | - | ||
| 108 | - | (d) (c) On or before December 1, 2025 January 1, 2026, the Maryland Department of 5 | |
| 109 | - | Health shall submit a report of the its findings and recommendations of the workgroup to 6 | |
| 110 | - | the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article. 7 | |
| 111 | - | ||
| 112 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 8 | |
| 113 | - | 1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and, at the end of June 30, 2026, this 9 | |
| 114 | - | Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and of no 10 | |
| 115 | - | further force and effect. 11 | |
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| 120 | - | Approved: | |
| 121 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 122 | - | Governor. | |
| 123 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 124 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 125 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 126 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |