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Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Discharge of Patients and Referral Services - Standards

Sponsor: Seth A. Howard (District 30B)Committee: Rules and Executive NominationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Sep 4, 2026)

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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish by regulation standards relating to the discharge of patients from drug and alcohol treatment programs and certain referral services offered to patients by certain drug and alcohol treatment programs; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the status of the adoption and revision of regulations to implement the requirements of the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017, and a plan for the enforcement of the statutory and regulatory requirements under the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017.

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