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Ch. 298
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2002
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Insurance Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:
Article 48A — Insurance Code
490A.
Notwithstanding any provision of a group or
individual policy, or contract, or any certificate issued
thereunder, of health and/or accident,
and/or disability insurance, delivered within the State,
or issued to a group which is incorporated or has a main
office located in the State, or covering persons who
reside or work within the State, AND WHETHER THE POLICY,
CONTRACT, OR CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED BY A NONPROFIT HEALTH
SERVICE PLAN OR BY ANY OTHER INSURER, THEN whenever such
policy, contract or certificate provides for
reimbursement for any service which is within the lawful
scope of practice of a duly certified psychologist OR A
DULY LICENSED CERTIFIED SOCIAL WORKER, the insured, or
any other person covered by the policy, contract or
certificate, shall be entitled to reimbursement for such
service, whether the service is performed by a doctor of
medicine [or] a duly certified psychologist, OR A DULY
LICENSED CERTIFIED SOCIAL WORKER, IF, IN THE CASE OF
SERVICES PERFORMED BY A DULY LICENSED CERTIFIED SOCIAL
WORKER, THE INSURED, OR ANY PERSON COVERED BY THE POLICY,
CONTRACT, OR CERTIFICATE, WAS REFERRED TO THE SOCIAL
WORKER BY A PHYSICIAN. The provisions of this section
shall apply to all such policies, contracts or
certificates issued, renewed, modified, altered, amended
or reissued [on or after July 1, 1972].
354K.
(A) EVERY GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY OR
INDIVIDUAL POLICY OR CERTIFICATE DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR
DELIVERY IN THIS STATE OR ISSUED TO A GROUP WHICH IS
INCORPORATED OR HAS A MAIN OFFICE LOCATED IN THIS STATE,
OR COVERING PERSONS WHO RESIDE OR WORK WITHIN THIS STATE,
WHICH PROVIDES FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY, SERVICE WHICH IS
WITHIN THE LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE OF A DULY LICENSED
CERTIFIED SOCIAL WORKER SHALL PROVIDE SUCH BENEFIT
WHETHER THE SERVICE IS PERFORMED BY A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
OR BY A DULY LICENSED CERTIFIED SOCIAL WORKER WHO HAS HAD
AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF CLINICAL TRAINING IN AN APPROVED
PROGRAM WITHIN AN ACCREDITED HOSPITAL OR CLINIC OR 3,000
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HOURS OF POST-MASTERS SUPERVISED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK
PRACTICE IN A CLINICAL PROGRAM AS ESTABLISHED BY THE
BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS IF THE INSURED OR THE
PERSON COVERED BY THE POLICY WAS REFERRED TO THE SOCIAL
WORKER BY A PHYSICIAN.
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(B) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY___TO
ALL SUCH POLICIES AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED, RENEWED,
MODIFIED, ALTERED, AMENDED, OR REISSUED ON OR AFTER
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