HB1160 • 2026

Calvert County - CalvertHealth Medical Center

Healthcare

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Calvert County Delegation
Last action: 2026-04-28
Official status: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 338
Effective date: 2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Calvert County - CalvertHealth Medical Center

Altering the statutory reference to the name Calvert Memorial Hospital to be CalvertHealth Medical Center, Inc., and its successors.

What This Bill Does

Altering the statutory reference to the name Calvert Memorial Hospital to be CalvertHealth Medical Center, Inc., and its successors.

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Bill History

2026-04-28 Post Passage
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 338
2026-04-06 Senate
Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
2026-03-25 Senate
Hearing 4/01 at 1:15 p.m.
2026-03-22 House
Returned Passed
2026-03-20 House
Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-03-19 Senate
Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2026-03-17 Senate
Favorable Adopted
2026-03-17 Senate
Second Reading Passed
2026-03-08 House
Third Reading Passed (131-0)
2026-03-07 House
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-03-06 Senate
Referred Budget and Taxation
2026-02-24 House
Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-11 House
First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Calvert County - CalvertHealth Medical Center
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Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and Elections
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Text - Chapter - Calvert County - CalvertHealth Medical Center

Official Summary Text

Altering the statutory reference to the name Calvert Memorial Hospital to be CalvertHealth Medical Center, Inc., and its successors.

Current Bill Text

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
amendment.
*hb1160*

HOUSE BILL 1160
L2 6lr2941
HB 1161/25 – ENT
By: Calvert County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 7, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Calvert County – CalvertHealth Medical Center 2

FOR the purpose of altering the statutory reference to the name Calvert Memorial Hospital 3
to be CalvertHealth Medical Center; and generally relating to references to the 4
CalvertHealth Medical Center. 5

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
The Public Local Laws of Calvert County 7
Section 5–202 8
Article 5 – Public Local Laws of Maryland 9
(2002 Edition and October 2024 Supplement, as amended) 10

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12

Article 5 – Calvert County 13

5–202. 14

The County Commissioners may appropriate a sum in an amount to be determined 15
by them to the [Calvert Memorial Hospital] CALVERTHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER, INC., 16
AND ITS SUCCESSORS. 17

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18
October 1, 2026. 19
2 HOUSE BILL 1160

Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.