Maryland 2026 Session Status: Introduced Bipartisan · 16 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB0825 — Brain Health - Guidelines, Grant Fund, and Commemorative Month (Tahjai's Law)

Last action — Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House of Delegates. Introduced February 04, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 34% · moderate confidence

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 17 sponsors

    1 primary, 16 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (16 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of May to be Brain Health and Chronic Headache Awareness Month; requiring the proclamation to align with a certain national brain tumor awareness initiative; establishing the Maryland Brain Health Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with certain entities, to develop guidelines on brain health screening; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal 2028 an appropriation of $500,000 for the Fund.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)

  2. First Reading (House of Origin)

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 16 co-sponsors · 171 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (16)

Not signed on (171)

171 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB0825 do?
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the month of May to be Brain Health and Chronic Headache Awareness Month; requiring the proclamation to align with a certain national brain tumor awareness initiative; establishing the Maryland Brain Health Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with certain entities, to develop guidelines on brain health screening; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal 2028 an appropriation of $500,000 for the Fund.
Who sponsors HB0825?
HB0825 is sponsored by Delegate Jamila J. Woods (Democrat), Delegate Denise Roberts (Democrat), Delegate Harry Bhandari (Democrat), Delegate Derrick Coley (Democrat), Delegate Bonnie Cullison (Democrat), Delegate Kris Fair (Democrat), Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist (Republican), Delegate Andrea Fletcher Harrison (Democrat), Delegate Ashanti Martinez (Democrat), Delegate Edith J. Patterson (Democrat), Delegate Kent Roberson (Democrat), Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes (Democrat), Delegate Gary Simmons (Democrat), Delegate Sean A. Stinnett (Democrat), Delegate Deni Taveras (Democrat), Delegate Kym Taylor (Democrat), and Delegate Karen Toles (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB0825?
This bill has been introduced in the House of Delegates. Introduced February 04, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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