BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                            1703

361C.

ANY NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE PLAN WHICH ISSUES OR
DELIVERS A HEALTH HOSPITAL INSURANCE CERTIFICATE POLICY TO
ANY PERSON IN THIS STATE SHALL OFFER A CATASTROPHIC HEALTH
INSURANCE POLICY WHICH PROVIDES FULL COVERAGE FOR THE
REASONABLE COST OF NECESSARY HEALTH CARE INCURRED BY THE
MEMBER UP TO $1,000,000. THE POLICY MAY PROVIDE FOR:

(1) A $50,000 DEDUCTIBLE PER BENEFIT PERIOD,
WHICH DEDUCTIBLE MAY BE SATISFIED BY THE INSURED'S BASIC OR
MAJOR MEDICAL HEALTH COVERAGE; AND

            (2) A 20 PERCENT MEMBER COPAYMENT AFTER THE

DEDUCTIBLE IS MET, PROVIDED THAT THE MEMBER'S COPAYMENT DOES

NOT EXCEED $3,000.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 515

(Senate Bill 895)

AN ACT concerning

Economic Impact - Administrative Agency Rules
and Regulations

FOR the purpose of requiring administrative agencies to
publish an estimate of the economic impact of proposed
rules and regulations on the budgets of State and local
governments and upon the private sector.

BY adding to

Article 41 — Governor—Executive and

Administrative Departments
Section 245(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 41 - Governor—Executive and Administrative
Departments

245.