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Senate Bill 900 hearing: sponsors seek delay of first report on 988 crisis integration to 2026
Summary
Senator Malcolm Augustine presented Senate Bill 900 on integrating 988 crisis lifeline services; an amendment adopted in the Senate delays the bill’s first report from 2025 to 2026 at the request of Montgomery County Health Department and Department of Health support; committee recorded no vote.
Senate Bill 900, which would integrate Maryland’s behavioral health crisis response system with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline network and require outcome evaluation, was presented to the Health and Government Operations Committee by Senator Malcolm Augustine.
Augustine told the committee that the Senate adopted an amendment — requested by the Montgomery County Department of Health and…
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