Marvin Mandel, Governor                         1919

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Federal
Government enact laws and safeguards to stringently limit the access
to computerized files; and be it further

Resolved, That computerized filing systems be partially decen-
tralized in order that each agency can obtain only that information
relating to their function; and be it further

Resolved, That individuals be given the authority to review their
own files at least annually, and that the agency be required to make
any corrections shown to be justified; and be it further

Resolved, That, whenever possible, the computers be programmed
to release on ONLY "statistical" information that cannot be traced to
identifiable individuals; and be it further

Resolved, That Maryland's Congressional Delegation be requested
to introduce appropriate legislation and to urge governmental agen-
cies to enact regulations to provide adequate safeguards in the gov-
ernmental centralization of personnel files and in the National Data
Center to insure the privacy and freedom of individuals and their
interest in controlling both the amount and the accuracy of what
others know about them; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent (under the Great
Seal of the State of Maryland) to the President of the United States,
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare, the Attorney General, United States Senator Samuel Ervin
of South NORTH Carolina, and the members of Maryland's Delega-
tion to the United States Congress.

Approved May 26, 1972.

No. 43

(House Joint Resolution 11)

House Joint Resolution requesting the Congress of the United States
to pass legislation which would make Group Hospitalization, Incor-
porated, operating within the confines of the District of Columbia,
subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Insurance
Commissioner SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of Wash-
ington, D. C.

Whereas, Group Hospitalization, Incorporated, when chartered by
Congress, was subjected to the laws, rules and regulations of the
States but were exempted from those of the District of Columbia; and

Whereas, The Insurance Commissioner SUPERINTENDENT OF
INSURANCE of Washington, D. C. has no control of said organiza-
tion; and

Whereas, Their rates, not subject to review, continue to spiral ever
upwards; and

Whereas, A large percentage of Maryland residents suffer be-
cause they are subject to the Plan as regulated by the Washington,
D. C. office of Group Hospitalization, Incorporated; and