# Maryland SB 0223: Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program

Maryland SB 0223, Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-08 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 36); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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- As of: 2026-10-19
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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0223
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2024-09-28
- Last action: 2025-04-08, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 36
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Elderly, Accessibility - see also- Blind; Deaf; Disabilities; etc, Aging, Department of, Awareness and Outreach, Budgets -see also- Capital Budgets, Communications -see also- ElecComm; Intergov; Telecom; etc., Disabilities, Department of, Disabilities, Elderly Persons (65+) -see also- Elder Abuse and Neglect, Electronic Communication, Gifts, Grants, Intergovernmental Cooperation -see also- AdmAgn; Cmts; etc., Liability, Nonprofit Organizations, Notices, Revenue and Taxes -see also- (specific tax), Rules and Regulations, Special Events, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Telephones, Volunteers
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (176 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More Maryland Seniors Qualify for Check-Ins: benefit, high. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland residents age 60 or older qualify for the renamed Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program. The law replaces the age-65 minimum and removes requirements to show isolation risk or a need for extra social contact and wellness checks. Regular wellness and so…
- More Partners Can Support Senior Check-Ins: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, the Department of Aging can arrange program services through vendors, nonprofits, aging agencies, and other partners. It can also make agreements with state or local governments; participating volunteer-led Villages must be incorporated in Maryland and serve older adults.…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 132 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 44 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-04-08: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 36
- 2025-03-31: Returned Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Third Reading Passed (132-0) (House)
- 2025-03-28: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2025-03-28: Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-03-15: Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-02-14: Referred Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-02-13: Third Reading Passed (44-0) (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Favorable with Amendments {883721/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Hearing 1/22 at 3:45 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: First Reading Finance (Senate)
- 2024-09-28: Pre-filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-04-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_36_sb0223t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-02-11: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0223t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0223f.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (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
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_36_sb0223t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0223t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0223f.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [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)
- [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-SB0223-2025RS (as of 2026-10-19).