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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health Insurance - Coverage for Elevated or Impaired Blood Glucose Levels, Prediabetes, and Obesity Treatment"
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description: "Health Insurance - Coverage for Elevated or Impaired Blood Glucose Levels, Prediabetes, and Obesity Treatment"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 656"
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citation: "Maryland SB 656 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance - Health", "Chemical Tests", "Contracts", "Dietitians and Nutritionists", "Diseases", "Education", "Equipment", "Health Insurance", "Health Maintenance Organizations", "Health Occupations", "Patients", "Pregnancy", "Reimbursement Rates", "Time"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-01"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1824fcaa-254b-468e-8804-1a51dffc73ba"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB656&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "0ccf15f69516adfe9a3e9d50df2b95c56c132b0617cd0b690921412ca41a2c67"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 656 (2018) — Health Insurance - Coverage for Elevated or Impaired Blood Glucose Levels, Prediabetes, and Obesity Treatment
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0656f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Benson — primary (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Currie — cosponsor (person)
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- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
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- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-01** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-28** Favorable with Amendments {837172/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-30** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-30** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
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- **2018-04-02** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
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- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 433 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1824fcaa-254b-468e-8804-1a51dffc73ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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