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Session Laws, 2002
Volume 800, Page 1531   View pdf image
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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 153
(V) A NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE PLAN THAT HOLDS A
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY AND PROVIDES HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES OR
CONTRACTS IN THE STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSURANCE ARTICLE. (3) Facilities of the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation
shall not be deemed to be owned and operated by the State. SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2002. Approved April 25, 2002.
CHAPTER 153
(House Bill 1228) AN ACT concerning Maryland Health Insurance Plan and Senior Prescription Drug Program
Health Insurance Safety Net Act of 2002 FOR the purpose of establishing a certain health insurance plan to provide
comprehensive health benefits to certain individuals with preexisting medical
conditions; establishing a board of directors for the plan; specifying certain
duties and responsibilities of the Board; granting the Board certain regulatory
authority; authorizing the Board to aggregate the purchasing of prescription
drugs for enrollees in the plan and in the Senior Prescription Drug Program for
a certain purpose; specifying the purpose of the plan; establishing a fund;
specifying the contents of the fund; specifying that a debt or obligation of the
plan is not a debt or pledge of credit of the State; specifying the uses of the fund;
specifying the terms of the initial members term of a certain member of the
Board; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Board to
establish certain premium rates using a certain process; requiring the Maryland
Health Care Commission Board to establish a certain benefit package;
exempting the plan from a certain premium tax; limiting certain premium rates;
providing that certain losses shall be subsidized in a certain manner; providing
for the reimbursement and calculation of of plan losses in a certain manner;
requiring the Board to take certain steps to limit enrollment in the plan based
on a certain financial capacity; requiring the Board to contract with an
administrator for the plan and the program based on certain criteria; requiring
the administrator to provide certain reports; specifying that the Board may
contract with a certain third party for certain purposes; prohibiting a certain
third party from using certain information except under certain circumstances;
specifying that certain actions are unlawful; requiring the Board to begin
enrolling certain individuals in the plan and the program by a certain date;
exempting the plan from the application of certain provisions of law; repealing a
certain prescription drug subsidy plan; establishing a program to provide
certain prescription drugs benefits to certain individuals; specifying the purpose
of the program; requiring a certain person to administer the program;
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