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(3) ANY OTHER RELATED CONTRACTS;

(4) ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE CONTRACTS LISTED UNDER
PARAGRAPHS (1) THROUGH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION; AND

(5) ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS OR INFORMATION
THAT THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRES.

(B) THE COMMISSIONER MAY IMPOSE A PENALTY OF NOT MORE
THAN $1,000 PER VIOLATION FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS
SECTION.

(C) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
WHOSE BENEFIT PROVISIONS ARE REGULATED BY FEDERAL LAW OR BY
THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 (ERISA).

654.

THE COMMISSIONER MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO
ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

655.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN § 653 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE DO NOT APPLY TO ANY EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS REGULATED BY THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 (ERISA).

656.

THIS SUBTITLE DOES NOT APPLY TO THE PARTICIPATING PROVIDER
CONTRACTS OF A NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE PLAN IF THE
CONTRACTS ARE FILED AND APPROVED UNDER §§ 355 AND 356 OF THIS
ARTICLEr

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 29, 1990.

CHAPTER 579
(House Bill 561)

AN ACT concerning

Job-Related Controlled Dangerous Substances and Alcohol - Confidentiality

FOR the purpose of providing an exception to the prohibition against disclosure of
certain results of job-related controlled dangerous substance and alcohol testing
to the extent that the disclosure is necessary to comply with the federal

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