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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Authorization"
+description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Authorization"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 496"
+citation: "Maryland SB 496 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hershey", "Lam"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87fc64ea-33ea-4105-b1e5-fcf3ed8f8d4a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0496?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "0d0f8a4f52b06369ceb3a6a9d7ea8749396fc240618fe53e7fa46bc95b3b7888"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 496 (2026) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Authorization
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_866_sb0496e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0496e.pdf)
+3. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0496f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0496t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **109–23** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hershey — primary (person)
+- Lam — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Referred Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-31** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 866 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87fc64ea-33ea-4105-b1e5-fcf3ed8f8d4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+