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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 142

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

490F.

(a)  Any group contract that is issued on an expense
incurred basis, including one issued by a nonprofit health
service plan, shall provide at least the following minimum
benefits for the treatment of alcoholism in any calendar or
policy year:

(1)  7 days of emergency care or detoxification
in an acute general hospital or a nonhospital detoxification
facility licensed by the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene;

(2)  30 days care in a Type C or D facility for
the treatment of alcoholism licensed by the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene Division of Licensing and
Enforcement and certified by that Department's Alcoholism
Control Administration; and

(3)  60 30 outpatient visits at a certified

alcoholism treatment facility. Benefits provided in

paragraphs (1) and (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION may be limited to
111 days of active inpatient treatment in the covered
person's lifetime THE BENEFIT FOR OUTPATIENT VISITS MAY BE
LIMITED TO NOT LESS THAN $1,000 DURING ANY CALENDAR YEAR OR
BENEFIT PERIOD.

(b)  Any GROUP major medical contract, policy or
certificate, including one issued by a nonprofit health
service plan, that provides benefits for both
hospitalization and medical care shall provide benefits
equal to at least half those required by subsection (a) of
this section.

(c)  UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF DAYS AND VISITS COMBINED MAY BE LIMITED TO 120
DURING THE COVERED PERSON'S LIFETIME. The maximum benefit[,]
under SUBSECTION (B) OF this section[,] in the aggregate
during any calendar year or benefit period may be limited to
not less than $1,000.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved April 28, 1981.