State Roundup, August 3, 2016

Head of DHMH tells judge he should have sought more funds to address mental health bed shortage as criminal defendants await treatment; state officials push state, federal programs to help victims of Ellicott City flood, as state insurance chief finds most businesses lacked flood insurance and Comptroller Franchot offers 30-day tax filing extension; judge rules lead paint complainant must prove probability of exposure, not just possibility; plummeting oxygen levels in bay may have been caused by heat wave; VP candidate Kaine to address Urban League convention in Baltimore; and longtime Maryland Statehouse reporter Lou Davis dies at 79.