ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 356

(1) one member appointed by the President of the Senate;
(2) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House;

(3)     three members appointed by the Governor as follows:

(i) one member representing the Maryland Hospital Association;

(ii) one member representing small business interests; and

(iii) one consumer member, who is the officer of an insurer, that is
not a health insurer, organized under the laws of the State and who is subject to the
provisions of § 14-115(d)(5) and (6) of the Insurance Article as enacted by Section 1 of
this Act; and

(4)     three members appointed by the board, subject to § 14-115(d)(8)(i)4
of the Insurance Article as enacted by Section 1 of this Act.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 14-115(d)(3)(ii)3 of the Insurance
Article as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, to fill the vacancies resulting under Section
3(2) of this Act, members of the board shall be appointed as follows:

(1) three members appointed by the Governor as follows:

(i) one member representing the Maryland Medical and
Chirurgical Society;

(ii) one member representing organized labor; and

(iii) one consumer member who is subject to the provisions of §
14-115(d)(5) and (6) of the Insurance Article as enacted by Section 1 of this Act; and

(2)     ten members appointed by the board, subject to § 14-115(d)(8)(i)4 of
the Insurance Article as enacted by Section 1 of this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(a) Those board members representing a corporation that is organized under
the laws of the State and that is subject to the provisions of § 14-115(d) of the
Insurance Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, shall be removed from the board
of directors as follows:

(1)     eight members whose initial election to any board of a nonprofit
health service plan organized under the laws of this State occurred between June
1993 and December 1995 shall be removed on the effective date of this Act; and

(2) four members whose initial election to any board of a nonprofit
health service plan organized under the laws of this State occurred between January
1996 and April 1998 shall be removed on or before December 31, 2003.

(b) This section does not apply to those members who serve on the board of
directors of a corporation that is subject to the provisions of § 14-115(d) of the
Insurance Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, who represent a corporation
that is not organized under the laws of the State.

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