Witness Signup

Name	Organization	Position	Testimony	Committee
Senator Hershey, Senator Hershey		FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony	FIN
Patel, Mihir	University of Maryland School of Medicine	FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony	FIN
Vaidya, Susma		FAV	Virtual - Oral Testimony	FIN
Murphy, JD	MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)	FAV	No Testimony	FIN
Roberts, Megan	Obesity medical treatment	FWA	In Person - Oral Testimony	FIN
Tibbals, Trudy		FAV	No Testimony	FIN
Meyerovich, Mark		UNF	No Testimony	FIN
Hinojosa, Amy	MANA, A National Latina Organization	FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony MANA_ Oral Testimony in Support of SB 496.pdf	FIN
Price, Suzanne	Concerned Citizen	FAV	No Testimony	FIN
Dickerson, Taylor	Maryland Psychological Association	FAV	SB 496 Letter - Support.pdf	FIN
Williams, Rev. Kimberly	Choose Healthy Life	FAV	CHL - Written Testimony.pdf	FIN
Rajagopal, Selvi	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	FAV	Virtual - Oral Testimony Senate Bill 496 Letter_Feb 2026.pdf	FIN
CHAUDHRY, ZOOBIA		FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony	FIN
Hoffstein, Barbara	Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics	FWA	In Person - Oral Testimony MAND Support Testimony Obesity.pdf	FIN
Hershey, Steve		FAV	SB 496 Senator Hershey Testimony.pdf	FIN
Lang, Alan		FAV	No Testimony	FIN
Bode, Claire		FAV	No Testimony	FIN
Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	FAV	Testimony in support of SB0496 - Coverage for the	FIN
Gorham, Millicent	Alliance for Women's Health and Prevention	FAV	AWHP Letter of Support (FAV) SB 0496.pdf	FIN
Billger, Monica	American Diabetes Association	FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony SB496_ADA Written Testimony Support_2.13.26.pdf	FIN
Peoples, Kennedy	Association of Black Cardiologists	FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony 2.17 MD Testimony ABC- SB 0496 (1).pdf	FIN
Paddy, Michael	Public Policy Partners	FAV	2026 MCHS SB 496 Senate Side (1).pdf	FIN
Weinstock, Britt	National Minority Quality Forum	FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony Written testimony for 2-17-26 Maryland Public Hear	FIN
Vetter, Drew		FAV	SB0496_FAV_MTC_MMAP - Coverage Treatment of Obesit	FIN
Rios, MD, Elena	National Hispanic Health Foundation	FAV	NHHF_ Written Testimony in Support of SB 496.pdf	FIN
Massie, Nikki		FAV	Virtual - Oral Testimony	FIN
Lainez, Julio		FAV	HECCD_ Written Testimony in Support of SB 496.pdf	FIN
Testimony, All		N/A	Merged Testimony as of 2-16-2026 at 1214 PM	FIN

Committee Testimony and Witness Signup

SB0496 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Coverage for the Treatment of Obesity

Finance 2/17/2026 1:00:00 PM