HB 29

Did not advance

Health - Standards for Involuntary Admissions and Petitions for Emergency Evaluation - Substance Use Disorder

Sponsor: Julian Ivey (District 47A)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 2/02 at 3:45 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering certain circumstances to allow a petition for an emergency evaluation to be made for certain individuals who have a substance use disorder; altering a certain exception to allow for the invountary admission of certain individuals who have a substance use disorder to certain facilities or a Veterans' Administration hospital; etc.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list

FAV 5FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 12UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Suarez, Elena	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	DeChant , Jimena	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Ivey, Delegate Iveylegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Ivey, Delegate Iveylegislator	Individual	Position only
FAV	Maguire, Yvette	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Breidenstine, Adriennelobbyist	Behavioral Health System Baltimore	Written (PDF)
UNF	Parsley, Luciene	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Tompsett, Thomas	Harris Jones & Malone	Written (PDF)
UNF	Tompsett, Thomas	Harris Jones & Malone	Written (PDF)
UNF	McCabe, Carroll	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Geddes, Annlobbyist	Maryland Coalition of Families	Written (PDF)
UNF	Dorrien, Erinlobbyist	Maryland Hospital Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Adams, MD, Joseph	Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ashkin, Howard	MedMark Treatment Centers	Written (PDF)
UNF	Martin, Dan	Mental Health Association of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rosen-Cohen, Nancy	NCADD-Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kauffman, Dannalobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Lowe, Lisa	F.A.C.E. Addiction Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Coble, Annie	Johns Hopkins	Written (PDF)
FWA	Najera, Deanna	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' Association	Written (PDF)
INFO	Bennardi, Maryland Department of Health /Office of Governmen	Maryland Dept. of Health	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Behavioral Health System BaltimoreUNF 1

Disability Rights MarylandUNF 1

F.A.C.E. Addiction MarylandFWA 1

Harris Jones & MaloneUNF 2

IndividualFAV 1

Johns HopkinsFWA 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationINFO 1

Maryland Coalition of FamiliesUNF 1

Maryland Dept. of HealthINFO 1

Maryland Hospital AssociationUNF 1

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERUNF 1

Maryland-DC Society of Addiction MedicineUNF 1

MedMark Treatment CentersUNF 1

Mental Health Association of MarylandUNF 1

NCADD-MarylandUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFBreidenstine, AdrienneBehavioral Health System BaltimoreRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore

UNFGeddes, AnnMaryland Coalition of FamiliesRegistered for: Mental Health Association of Maryland; Maryland Coalition of Families

UNFDorrien, ErinMaryland Hospital AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association

UNFKauffman, DannaRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; American Association of Dental Boards c/o Commission on Dental Competency Assessments; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Behavioral Health System Baltimore; City of Rockville; Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland…

INFOMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs of Police and 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.…