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Registered lobbyist

Barbara M Brocato

Brocato & Shattuck · 410-269-1503 · on file 2022 to 2026
Clients on file
21
15 in Nov 2025 - Oct 2026
Reported compensation
$0
all years on file
Bills testified on
106
91 for · 12 against · 9 info
Got their outcome
53%
54 of 102 decided bills

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Testimony on record

2025 Regular Session8 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 418
Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingWithdrawn
HB 745
State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Behavior Analysts - Licensure Applications
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
HB 745
State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Behavior Analysts - Licensure Applications
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
HB 938
Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership
FAVBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
HB 938
Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership
FAVBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
HB 1480
Child Advocacy Centers - Continuity of Care Standards for Health Care Professionals and Reports of Violations
FAVBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
HB 1480
Child Advocacy Centers - Continuity of Care Standards for Health Care Professionals and Reports of Violations
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
SB 437
Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
2024 Regular Session12 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 68
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Transparency, Grievances, and Unit Reoccupancy
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
HB 464
Health Occupations – Practice Audiology – Definition
UNFPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
HB 570
Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
HB 767
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Adult and Pediatric Dental Services - Reimbursement Rates
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
HB 1006
Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Surgical Technologists
FAVBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingWithdrawn
HB 1036
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Maternal Fetal Medicine Services - Reimbursement
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
HB 1100
Health - Child Advocacy Centers - Reporting Requirements and Investigations
FAVBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
SB 76
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Transparency, Grievances, and Unit Reoccupancy
FAVBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
SB 487
Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
SB 716
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Maternal Fetal Medicine Services - Reimbursement
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
SB 795
Health Occupations - Practice Audiology - Definition
UNFPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
SB 874
Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Facilities - Surgical Technologists
FAVBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingWithdrawn
2023 Regular Session7 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 401
Maryland Audiology, Hearing Aid Dispensing, Speech-Language Pathology, and Music Therapy Act - Definitions and Application
UNFPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
HB 762
Criminal Procedure - Child Advocacy Centers - Care Providers
FAVBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
HB 1146
Maryland Department of Health and Maryland Health Care Commission - Dental Services - Survey and Regional Needs Assessment
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
SB 449
Maryland Audiology, Hearing Aid Dispensing, Speech-Language Pathology, and Music Therapy Act - Definitions and Application
FWABrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
SB 503
Criminal Procedure - Child Advocacy Centers - Care Providers
FAVBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingDid not advance
SB 714
State Board of Certified Interior Designers - Sunset Extension
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
SB 714
State Board of Certified Interior Designers - Sunset Extension
FAVPDFBrocato & Shattuck ConsultingEnacted
2022 Regular Session18 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 55
Health Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists - Drug Authority
INFOPDFEnacted
HB 55
Health Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists - Drug Authority
INFOPDFEnacted
HB 84
Education – Crimes on School Grounds – Application
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 97
Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 752
Public Schools - School Psychologist Recruitment Program
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 830
State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Physician Members - Repeal
UNFPDFDid not advance
HB 968
Health Occupations – Dental Assistants – Certification and Regulation
INFOPDFEnacted
HB 1029
Maryland Higher Education Commission – Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee – Establishment
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 1148
Health Insurance - Two-Sided Incentive Arrangements and Capitated Payments - Authorization
FWAPDFEnacted
SB 2
Mental Health Law – Petitions for Emergency Evaluation – Electronic Record
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 28
Home- and Community-Based Services Waiver - Participation and Applications
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 195
State Board of Examiners of Psychologists - Sunset Extension
FAVPDFPassed both chambers
SB 209
State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Sunset Extension
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 241
Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 714
Health Occupations - Dental Assistants - Certification and Regulation
INFOPDFDid not advance
SB 725
Health Insurance - Physical Therapy - Copayments, Coinsurance, and Deductibles
FAVDid not advance
SB 834
Health Insurance - Two-Sided Incentive Arrangements and Capitated Payments - Authorization
FWAPDFEnacted
SB 1011
Health Occupations - Nurse Anesthetists - Drug Authority
INFOPDFDid not advance
2021 Regular Session58 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 9
Family Law - Mandatory Reporter Training
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 9
Family Law - Mandatory Reporter Training
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 25
Catastrophic Health Emergencies – Health Care Providers – Definition and Immunity (Maryland Health Care Heroes Protection Act)
UNFPDFDid not advance
HB 28
Public Health – Implicit Bias Training and the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 78
Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity (The Shirley Nathan-Pulliam Health Equity Act of 2021)
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 123
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 210
State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary Licenses to Practice Physical Therapy and Limited Physical Therapy
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 219
Naturopathic Doctors - Formulary Council Membership, Formulary Content, and Scope of Practice
UNFPDFDid not advance
HB 231
Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 237
State Department of Education - Early Literacy and Dyslexia Practices - Guidance and Assistance
FWAPDFDid not advance
HB 244
Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health Care in Higher Education
FWAPDFDid not advance
HB 255
Department of Aging - Grants for Aging-in-Place Programs - Funding
FAVPDFWithdrawn
HB 276
Congregate Care Facilities - Visitation
FAVPDFWithdrawn
HB 288
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact
UNFPDFEnacted
HB 303
Long-Term Care Insurance - Prohibition on Premium Increases (Long Term Stability for Seniors Act)
FAVPDFWithdrawn
HB 309
Public Health - Data - Race and Ethnicity Information
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 442
Suicide Treatment Improvements Act
INFOPDFWithdrawn
HB 463
Maryland Health Equity Resource Act
FWAPDFEnacted
HB 508
COVID-19 Claim - Civil Immunity
UNFPDFDid not advance
HB 548
Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)
FWAPDFEnacted
HB 551
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Coverage and Reimbursement of Telehealth Services
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 701
Child Abuse and Neglect - Training of Health Care Professionals
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 771
Public Schools - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveys - Revisions
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 783
Workgroup on Screening Related to Adverse Childhood Experiences
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 831
Maryland Food System Resiliency Council
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 851
Corrections - Restrictive Housing - Serious Mental Illness
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 891
Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Established
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 910
Health Insurance – Hearing Aids for Adults – Coverage
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 915
Workgroup on Black, Latino, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Other Underrepresented Behavioral Health Professionals
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 1121
Juvenile Services - Workgroup to Develop Evidence-Based, Research-Based, and Culturally Competent Practices
FAVPDFDid not advance
HB 1243
Behavioral Health Services and Voluntary Placement Agreements – Children and Young Adults – Report Modifications
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 1344
Mental Health Law - Reform of Laws and Delivery of Service
INFOPDFWithdrawn
HB 1349
Public Health – Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Grant Program Fund
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 3
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 5
Public Health - Implicit Bias Training and the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 46
Crimes - Mitigation and Defense - Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation
FAVPDFDid not advance
SB 47
Health Facilities – Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Programs – Essential Caregivers
FAVPDFDid not advance
SB 126
State Department of Education - Early Literacy and Dyslexia Practices - Guidance and Assistance
FWAPDFDid not advance
SB 139
Interstate Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 161
Task Force to Study Access to Mental Health Care in Higher Education
FWAPDFDid not advance
SB 172
Maryland Health Equity Resource Act
FWAPDFEnacted
SB 183
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact
UNFPDFVetoed
SB 184
Maryland Transit Administration – Reduced Fare Program for Opioid Treatment Program Patients – Program Requirements
UNFPDFDid not advance
SB 299
Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Trauma Act)
FWAPDFEnacted
SB 311
Catastrophic Health Emergencies - Health Care Providers - Definition and Immunity (Maryland Health Care Heroes Protection Act)
UNFPDFDid not advance
SB 365
Neighborhood Business Development Program - Food Desert Projects - Business Retention
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 393
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage and Reimbursement of Telehealth Services
FAVPDFDid not advance
SB 398
Mental Health Law - Petitions for Emergency Evaluation - Procedures
UNFPDFDid not advance
SB 399
Maryland Transit Administration - Disabled Reduced Fare Program for Opioid Treatment Program Patients - Modifications
FAVPDFDid not advance
SB 411
Long-Term Care Insurance - Premium Rate Increases - Restriction (Equity in Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums Act)
FAVPDFDid not advance
SB 517
State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary Licenses to Practice Physical Therapy and Limited Physical Therapy
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 548
Public Schools - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveys - Revisions
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 557
Suicide Treatment Improvements Act
INFOPDFWithdrawn
SB 767
Higher Education - Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program - Established
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 777
Public Health - Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Grant Program Fund
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 842
Workgroup to Study the Assessment, Treatment, and Available Resources for Female Youth in Contact With the Justice System
FAVPDFDid not advance
SB 905
Juvenile Services - Workgroup to Develop Evidence-Based, Research-Based, and Culturally Competent Practices
FAVPDFDid not advance
SB 923
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Eligibility
FAVPDFEnacted
2020 Regular Session9 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 576
Health Occupations - Athletic Training - Revisions
FWAPDFAPTA MDDid not advance
HB 1440
Maryland Transit Administration - Disabled Reduced Fare Program - Opioid Treatment Program Patients
FAVDid not advance
SB 22
Election Law - Polling Places at Continuing Care Retirement Communities
FAVPDFMaCCRADid not advance
SB 40
Sales and Use Tax - Diapers - Exemption
FAVPDFMaCCRADid not advance
SB 255
Correctional Services - Pregnant Incarcerated Individuals - Substance Abuse Assessment and Treatment
FAVPDFCMDSDid not advance
SB 416
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact
INFOPDFMD Society of OtolaryngologyDid not advance
SB 692
Health Occupations - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Qualifications
FAVPDFAPTA MDEnacted
SB 705
Maryland Transit Administration – Disabled Reduced Fare Program – Opioid Treatment Program Patients
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 732
Health Occupations - Athletic Training - Revisions
FWAPDFAPTA MDEnacted