HB 446 — Health - Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and Provider Resource Toolkit
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-01-23
Altering the duties of the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Council to include an examination of the capacity of health care providers to deliver care to certain individuals and to identify methods by which the State can assist health care providers in delivering care to certain individuals; establishing the Dementia Services and Brain Health Program in the Maryland Department of Health to lead the State's public health efforts relating to brain health and dementia; etc.
Latest action: — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239
Sponsors (13)
- Ashanti Martinez (D, MD-22) — sponsor · 2026-01-23
- Gabriel Acevero (D, MD-39) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Tiffany T. Alston (D, MD-24) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Heather Bagnall (D, MD-33) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Bonnie Cullison (D, MD-19) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Pam Lanman Guzzone (D, MD-13) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Terri L. Hill (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Aaron M. Kaufman (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Lesley J. Lopez (D, MD-39) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Samuel I. Rosenberg (D, MD-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Kim Ross (D, MD-8) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Jennifer White Holland (D, MD-10) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
- Teresa Woorman (D, MD-16) — cosponsor · 2026-01-23
Action timeline (9)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Health
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable
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Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate finance | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House health | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashanti Martinez (D, state_lower MD-22) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron M. Kaufman (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Bonnie Cullison (D, state_lower MD-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Gabriel Acevero (D, state_lower MD-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Heather Bagnall (D, state_lower MD-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jennifer White Holland (D, state_lower MD-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Kim Ross (D, state_lower MD-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Lesley J. Lopez (D, state_lower MD-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Pam Lanman Guzzone (D, state_lower MD-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Samuel I. Rosenberg (D, state_lower MD-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Teresa Woorman (D, state_lower MD-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Terri L. Hill (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Tiffany T. Alston (D, state_lower MD-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Timeline
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate finance · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House health · md-leg