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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 2081
and within 30 days after satisfactory proof thereof is
received by the insurer subject to the following
limitations:
(1) The coverages described in § 539 may
prescribe a period of not less than six months after the
date of accident within which the original proof of loss
with respect to a claim for benefits must be presented to
the insurer.
(2) The coverages described in § 539 may
provide that in any instance where a lapse occurs in the
period of total disability or in the medical treatment of
an injured person who has received benefits under such
coverage or coverages and such person subsequently claims
additional benefits based upon an alleged recurrence of
the injury for which the original claim for benefits was
made, the insurer may require reasonable medical proof of
such alleged recurrence; provided, that in no event shall
the aggregate benefits payable to any person exceed the
maximum limits prescribed in the policy.
(b) Payments of benefits which are not made in
accordance with this section and WHICH are overdue shall
bear simple interest at the rate of [one and one-half]
1.5 percent [(1 1/2%)] per month.
(C) WHENEVER AN INSURER PROVIDING BENEFITS
REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 539 OF THIS ARTICLE OBTAINS
KNOWLEDGE OF THE OCCURENCE OF AN ACCIDENT THE RESULT OF
WHICH CLAIMS COULD BE MADE FOR THOSE BENEFITS, THE
INSURER IMMEDIATELY SHALL NOTIFY THOSE PROSPECTIVE
CLAIMANTS WHO CAN BE ASCERTAINED BY A REASONABLE EFFORT
OF THE LATEST DATE BY WHICH A CLAIM MAY BE FILED UNDER
THE TERMS OF THE POLICY RECEIVES WRITTEN NOTICE FROM AN
INSURED OF THE OCCURRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT, THE INSURER
SHALL NOTIFY THAT INSURED OF THE LATEST DATE ON WHICH
CLAIM MAY BE FILED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 544 (A) (1)___ OF
THIS ARTICLE.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
Approved May 17, 1977.
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CHAPTER 340
(Senate Bill 710)
AN ACT concerning
Fair Election Practices — Late Filing Fees
Campaign Fund Reports
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