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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 29
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(2006 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
(As enacted by Chapter 513 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
Subtitle 4. [Maryland Partnership for] qualified state Long-Term Care
[Program] insurance partnership.
15-401.
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) "Commissioner" means the Insurance Commissioner.
(c) "Program" means the [Maryland Partnership for Long-Term Care
Program] qualified state long-term care insurance partnership.
15-402.
(a) There is a [Maryland Partnership for Long-Term Care Program]
Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership.
(b) The purposes of the Program are to:
(1) Provide incentives for individuals to insure against the costs of
providing for their long-term care needs;
(2) Provide mechanisms for individuals to qualify for coverage of the
costs of their long-term care needs under the medical assistance program without first
being required to substantially exhaust all their resources;
(3) Assist in developing methods for increasing access to and the
affordability of a long-term care policy; and
(4) Alleviate the financial burden on the State's medical assistance
program by encouraging pursuit of private initiatives.
(c) The Program shall:
(1) Be administered by:
(i) The Department; and
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