# Maryland HB 0735: Certificate of Need - Psychiatric Health Care Facilities and Psychiatric and Mental Health Services - Exemption

Maryland HB 0735, Certificate of Need - Psychiatric Health Care Facilities and Psychiatric and Mental Health Services - Exemption, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Robin L. Grammer (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-04 (Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0735-2025RS
- As of: 2026-10-17
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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0735
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Certificate of Need - Psychiatric Health Care Facilities and Psychiatric and Mental Health Services - Exemption
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-27
- Last action: 2025-02-04, Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsor: Robin L. Grammer (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 29
- Subjects: Health Care Facilities and Regulation, Certifications, Health Care Facilities -see also- Clinics; Hospices; etc, Medical Treatments, Mental and Behavioral Health -see also- Aut; Cogn; Dev; etc., Psychiatrists
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Robin L. Grammer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Andre V. Johnson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tiffany T. Alston (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven J. Arentz (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lauren Arikan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Terry L. Baker (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brian Chisholm (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark N. Fisher (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Pam Lanman Guzzone (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Terri L. Hill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas S. Hutchinson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kenneth Kerr (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lesley J. Lopez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Matthew Morgan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mangione
- Cosponsor: Ashanti Martinez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Aletheia McCaskill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Susan K. McComas (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan Nawrocki (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: N. Scott Phillips (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Robbyn Lewis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Teresa E. Reilly (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stuart Michael Schmidt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan Spiegel (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kathy Szeliga (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Todd B. Morgan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Deni Taveras (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jennifer White Holland (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jamila J. Woods (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Teresa Woorman (Democratic), House

## Actions (2)

- 2025-02-04: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-01-27: First Reading Health and Government Operations (House)

## Bill text

- First Reading, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0735f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0735f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0735-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).