Ch. 417 LAWS OF MARYLAND

FUND AND A SUMMARY OF ITS OPERATIONS FOR THE PRECEDING
FISCAL YEAR.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any
reason in a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are
declared severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 29, 1990.

CHAPTER 417
(House Bill 499)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Mandated Health Insurance Benefits - Evaluation

FOR the purpose of establishing a system for review of existing and proposed mandated
health insurance benefits and proposed nondiscrimination provisions; defining
certain terms; specifying the scope and applicability of this Act; creating an
Interdepartmental Committee in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
providing for the duties, staff, and membership of the Interdepartmental
Committee; providing for a certain expert review panel under the
Interdepartmental Committee; specifying the duties and membership of a review
panel; providing for a certain time schedule for the review to occur; and generally
relating to establishing a system for review of existing and proposed mandated
health insurance benefits and proposed nondiscrimination provisions.

BY adding to

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 490M

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, The cost of health insurance has a significant impact on the health
care delivery system in the State; and

WHEREAS, One cause for the increasing cost of basic health insurance coverage
is the enactment of a large number of mandated health insurance benefits in Maryland;
and

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