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MD · HB1559INTRO · 42 COSPONSORS

Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement

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Plain-English Summary

Prohibiting the placement of children in unlicensed settings under the out-of-home placement program required to be established by the Social Services Administration; altering the duties of the pediatric hospital overstay coordinators; establishing the Child and Youth Placement Review Panel in the Governor's Office for Children with the Senior Advisor for Children and Families as its head; establishing the Advisory Council on Maryland's System of Care for Children, Youth, and Families; etc.

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 28, 2026

Votes
Sponsorship · 43 Sponsors
Democrat32Republican11Independent0Other0
  • R · PrimeMichael Griffith
  • D · CoGabriel Acevero
  • D · CoTiffany Alston
  • D · CoHeather Bagnall
  • D · CoBen Barnes
  • R · CoBarry Beauchamp
  • D · CoMark Chang
  • D · CoBonnie Cullison
  • D · CoMark Edelson
  • D · CoCatherine Forbes
  • R · CoJeff Ghrist
  • D · CoPam Guzzone
  • D · CoAndrea Harrison
  • D · CoTerri Hill
  • R · CoJim Hinebaugh
  • R · CoTom Hutchinson
  • D · CoJulian Ivey
  • D · CoSteve Johnson
  • D · CoAdrienne Jones
  • D · CoDana Jones
  • D · CoAnne Kaiser
  • D · CoAaron Kaufman
  • R · CoNicholaus Kipke
  • D · CoLesley Lopez
  • D · CoAshanti Martinez
  • D · CoAletheia McCaskill
  • R · CoRic Metzgar
  • R · CoMatt Morgan
  • R · CoTeresa Reilly
  • D · CoSamuel Rosenberg
  • D · CoKim Ross
  • D · CoMalcolm Ruff
  • D · CoEmily Shetty
  • D · CoStephanie Smith
  • D · CoRyan Spiegel
  • R · CoJoshua Stonko
  • R · CoKathy Szeliga
  • D · CoDeni Taveras
  • D · CoKaren Toles
  • D · CoCourtney Watson
  • D · CoJennifer White Holland
  • D · CoSarah Wolek
  • D · CoTeresa Woorman
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