Public Health - Obesity Management and Treatment Programs (Healthy Maryland for Every Body)
What this bill does
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to include a certain obesity management and treatment program in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; establishing requirements for the obesity management and treatment program; and requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for an obesity management and treatment program for certain individuals who have been diagnosed with obesity, diabetes, or other obesity-related conditions.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (16)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Billger, Monica | American Diabetes Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Peoples, Kennedy | Association of Black Cardiologists | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | DeMinco, Lynne | BCRW | Position only |
| FAV | Gutmann, April | Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Clancy, Jennifer | Friends of Jennifer Clancy | Position only |
| FAV | Cruz, Yanira | National Hispanic Council on Aging | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Olmos Godfrey, Lizette | National Hispanic Health Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Batabyal, Rachael | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Miller, Delegate Millerlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Price, Suzanne | Concerned Citizen | Position only |
| UNF | Phillips, Dana | Department of Budget and Management | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Celentano, Matthewlobbyist | The League of Life and Health Insurers of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Iles, Kim | Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | Written (PDF) |