---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Required Study"
description: "Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Required Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 986"
citation: "Maryland HB 986 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c200c7db-a160-436f-887f-eb5b63fef941"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0986?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b87e3d5a44db9d7f40ff7b7a599f023542a5a3c7374de91ab89cfc642a48c4b1"
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 HB 986 (2024) — Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Required Study

## 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 - Required Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_777_hb0986t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0986f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity - Required Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0986t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-05** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Finance
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 777 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c200c7db-a160-436f-887f-eb5b63fef941`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).