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-EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
-        [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
-           *hb1160*
+  HB 1160
+Department of Legislative Services
+Maryland General Assembly
+2026 Session
 
-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
+FISCAL AND POLICY NOTE
+Third Reader
+House Bill 1160 (Calvert County Delegation)
+Government, Labor, and Elections Budget and Taxation
 
-A BILL ENTITLED
+Calvert County - CalvertHealth Medical Center
 
-AN ACT concerning 1
+This bill updates an obsolete reference to the Calvert Memorial Hospital in the Public Local
+Laws of Calvert County to be the CalvertHealth Medical Center, Inc., and its successors.
 
-Calvert County – CalvertHealth Medical Center 2
+Fiscal Summary
 
-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
+State Effect:  None.
 
-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
+Local Effect:  None. The bill is procedural in nature and will not affect Calvert County
+finances.
 
- SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
-That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
+Small Business Effect:  None.
 
-Article 5 – Calvert County 13
+Analysis
 
-5–202. 14
+Current Law:   By a date set by the Calvert County Commissioners, each county
+department, agency, or board receiving county funds must submit to the county
+commissioners and to the county finance and budget director, or the director’s designee,
+an itemized budget request for all funds requested for the next fiscal year.  The county
+commissioners are authorized to appropri ate a sum in an amount determined by them to
+the Calvert Memorial Hospital.
 
- 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
+Additional Comments:   According to Calvert County, in September  2017, Calvert
+Memorial Hospital was renamed the CalvertHealth Medical Center in records filed with
+the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
 
- SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18
-October 1, 2026. 19
+HB 1160/ Page 2
+Additional Information
+
+Recent Prior Introductions:  Similar legislation has been introduced within the last
+three years. See HB 1161 of 2025.
+
+Designated Cross File:  None.
+
+Information Source(s):  Calvert County; Department of Legislative Services
+
+Fiscal Note History:  First Reader - March 10, 2026
+Third Reader - March 23, 2026
+
+jg/tso
+
+Analysis by:   Kayvon Samadani  Direct Inquiries to:
+(410) 946-5510
+(301) 970-5510