HB 736

Police Officers - Mental Health - Employee Assistance Programs

Sponsor: Delegate BrooksCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring each law enforcement agency to provide access to an employee assistance program or mental health program to address the mental health issues of police officers stemming from personal and work-related concerns and to provide police officers access to confidential mental health services; requiring each law enforcement agency to develop a policy to provide access to the required services at minimal cost to the police officer; etc.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list

FAV 5FavorableFWA 12Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Penman, Aaron	Harford Sheriff	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tompsett, Tommy	Maryland Psychiatric Society	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alsobrooks, Angela	Prince George's County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Brooks, Delegate Brookslegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Sidhu, Dave	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Hernon, Vernon	Baltimore City Police Department	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Witzberger, Michelle	Baltimore City Police Department	Position only
FWA	Junkerman, Marc	Harford County Sheriff	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police Association Maryland Sheriffs Association	Written (PDF)
FWA	Morris, Chief Dave	Riverdale Park Police	Position only
FWA	Berg, Emily	State FOP	Oral
FWA	Boston, Frank	State FOP	Oral
FWA	Olbrich, Kathrin	The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention	Written (PDF)
FWA	Mitchell, Dr. Jeffrey	UMBC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Brooks, Benjamin	Individual	Position only
FWA	Dolcine, Rachel	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	wirzberger, michelle	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Williams, Tom	Maryland State Police	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore City Police DepartmentFWA 2

Harford County SheriffFWA 1

Harford SheriffFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police Association Maryland Sheriffs AssociationFWA 1

Maryland Psychiatric SocietyFAV 1

Maryland State PoliceINFO 1

Prince George's County ExecutiveFAV 1

Riverdale Park PoliceFWA 1

State FOPFWA 2

The American Foundation for Suicide PreventionFWA 1

UMBCFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs of Police Association Maryland Sheriffs AssociationRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…