1528                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 265

(A)  THE PROVISIONS OF §§ 468B THROUGH 468H OF ARTICLE
48A KNOWN AS THE MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT AND SPECIFIED DISEASE
ACT, SHALL APPLY TO ANY MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INDIVIDUAL AND
GROUP POLICIES CONTRACTS AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY
NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE PLANS.

(B)  A MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICY OR CERTIFICATE IS AN
INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP POLICY CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE OF HEALTH
INSURANCE WHICH IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT
MEDICARE, EXCEPT THAT A MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICY OR
CERTIFICATE DOES NOT INCLUDE A GROUP POLICY CONTRACT OR
CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO ONE OR MORE EMPLOYERS OR LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS, OR TO THE TRUSTEES OF A FUND ESTABLISHED BY
ONE OR MORE EMPLOYERS OR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, OR COMBINATION
THEREOF, FOR EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES, OR COMBINATION
THEREOF, OR FOR MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS, OR COMBINATION
THEREOF, OF THE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.

477V.

(A)  THE PROVISIONS OF §§ 468B THROUGH 468H OF ARTICLE
48A, KNOWN AS THE MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT AND SPECIFIED DISEASE
ACT, SHALL APPLY TO ANY MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT GROUP AND
BLANKET POLICIES AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY INSURERS SUBJECT
TO THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)  A MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICY OR CERTIFICATE IS A
GROUP OR BLANKET POLICY OR CERTIFICATE WHICH IS PRIMARILY
DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT MEDICARE, EXCEPT THAT A MEDICARE
SUPPLEMENT POLICY OR CERTIFICATE DOES NOT INCLUDE A GROUP OR
BLANKET POLICY OR CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO ONE OR MORE
EMPLOYERS OR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, OR TO THE TRUSTEES OF A
FUND ESTABLISHED BY ONE OR MORE EMPLOYERS OR LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS, OR COMBINATION THEREOF, FOR EMPLOYEES OR
FORMER EMPLOYEES, OR COMBINATION THEREOF, OR FOR MEMBERS OR
FORMER MEMBERS, OR COMBINATION THEREOF, OF THE LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 266
(Senate Bill 186)

AN ACT concerning

Surface Mining