HB825Introduced in the House of Delegates
Brain Health - Guidelines, Grant Fund, and Commemorative Month (Tahjai's Law)
Introduced by Jamila Woods, District 26
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
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.
Where it stands
Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
February 16, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.
Bill history
First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections and Appropriations
Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
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