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DAYS IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR; (2) WITH RESPECT TO MAJOR
MEDICAL EXPENSE COVERAGE, BENEFITS, AFTER THE APPLICABLE
DEDUCTIBLE, FOR COVERED EXPENSES ARISING FROM PARTIAL
HOSPITALIZATION, DAY HOSPITALIZATION, OR OUT-PATIENT
TREATMENT, SHALL BE AT A RATE WHICH IS NOT LESS THAN
TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (25%) NOR, [[NOT]] MORE THAN [[FIFTY
PERCENT (50%)]] EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) OF THE BENEFITS WHICH
THE POLICY PROVIDES FOR OTHER TYPES OF ILLNESS [[, AND
BENEFITS SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR THESE EXPENSES DURING
ANY CALENDAR YEAR UP TO A MINIMUM OF FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($500.00).]].

(b) The provisions of this Section apply to all policies issued, renewed, modified,
altered, amended, or reissued on or after July 1, 1973.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Originally Approved May 24, 1973.
Approved by the Governor July 20, 1973.

After discovery of printing errors which did not conform to the amendments, the
Bill was reprinted. The corrected version was signed by the Governor on July 20, 1973.

CHAPTER 840
(House Bill 1105)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 1 of Article 51 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Juries," and
to add new Section 592 to Article 27 of the Code (1971 Replacement Volume
and 1972 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Venue,
Procedure and Sentence," subheading "Procedure," to follow immediately after
Section 591; and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 145(b)(3) of
Article 26 of the Code (1971 Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "District
Courts," to abolish the right of persons accused of indictable criminal offenses
to a grand jury; to provide that whenever a person accused of an indictable
criminal offense is presented to a grand jury, such grand jury is to be selected
from a fair cross section of the citizens of the State who reside in the political
subdivision in which the court convenes; to provide that in all cases in which the
accused has not requested a preliminary hearing within a certain time or in all
cases in which a preliminary hearing has been held and [[the accused has been
held for action by the grand jury]] probable cause to hold the accused has been
found, the State's attorney may elect to indict the accused by information or by
presentment to the grand jury, and relating generally to preliminary hearings in
the District Court.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 1 of Article 51 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1972 Replacement Volume), title "Juries," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, and that Section 592 be and it is hereby added to
Article 27 of the Code (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title
"Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Venue, Procedure and Sentence," subheading
"Procedure," to follow immediately after Section 591 and that Section 145(b)(3) of
Article 26 of the Code (1971 Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "District
Courts," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and all to
read as follows: