HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              1081

be included and prohibiting the inclusion of certain
other provisions in those policies; requiring that
certain coverage be offered to an applicant;
prohibiting the offer of a Medicare Supplement policy
at an introductory premium rate, unless approved by the
the Insurance Commissioner; providing that the
Insurance Commissioner shall set minimum loss ratios on
Medicare Supplement policies and on health insurance
policies that provide certain benefits only for
diseases or treatments that are specified in the
policy; providing that the Insurance Commissioner shall
prepare the text of a Medicare Supplement Buyer's Guide
and that, under certain circumstances, an insurer or
agent shall deliver the guide, in a form set by the
Commissioner, to a prospective buyer; providing that an
insurer or agent shall provide certain written
statements and follow certain other procedures in the
solicitation of a sale of a health insurance policy to
a person eligible for Medicare and at certain other
times; prohibiting an insurer or agent from making
certain representations while soliciting the sale of a
health insurance policy to that person; and generally
relating to the sale of health insurance policies to
persons eligible for Medicare and to the sale and
content of Medicare Supplement policies; and making

certain style and organizational changes in the

existing subtitle concerning health insurance.

BY adding to

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 437A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 438A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 468B through 468H

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 48A - Insurance Code