Bromwell Awarded 2017 Legislator of the Year from Maryland Hospital Association

Delegate Eric Bromwell (Baltimore County 8th) was chosen to receive the Maryland Hospital Association's 2017 Legislator of the Year Award.

According to Carmela Coyle, President and CEO of the Association, the "award recognizes an outstanding legislator who, through his or her efforts in the Maryland General Assembly, promotes legislation that helps ensure health care access for every Marylander, demonstrates support of the Maryland Hospital Association's legislative goals, supports the work of Maryland's hospitals to transform the delivery of health care and who is recognized throughout the health care community through hospital and health system activities."

The Hospital Association cited Bromwell for his "stellar leadership addressing the opioid and behavioral health crisis in Maryland.”

Delegate Bromwell, who serves as Vice Chairman of the House and Governmental Operations Committee, played a crucial leadership role in obtaining Assembly approval for the HOPE Act, a comprehensive package of measures which establishes a 24/7 treatment for individuals experiencing substance abuse and mental health crises, and requires hospitals to establish new protocol for discharging patients treated for substance abuse. The Act also increases access to naloxone, an overdose-reversal drug and sets greater funding for community behavioral health providers.

The Association extolled Bromwell, calling his leadership, “essential to ensure that hospitals have the tools they need to provide quality health care to all Marylanders."