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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 726

GROUP WHICH IS INCORPORATED IN AND OR HAS AN OFFICE WITHIN
this State by a nonprofit health service organization,
including both individual policies and group policies, must
include benefits for expenses arising from treatment of
acute mental illnesses and emotional disorders which in the
professional judgment of practitioners are subject to
significant improvement through short-term therapy. These
benefits must be at least equal to the following minimum
requirements: (1) [With] WITH respect to benefits for
confinement as an inpatient in a hospital, the period of
confinement for which benefits are payable shall be at least
[thirty (30)] 30 days in any calendar year or benefit
period; (2) with respect to major medical expense coverage,
benefits, after the applicable deductible, for covered
expenses arising from all those services, other than
inpatient, which are rendered to treat acute mental illness
and emotional disorders, shall be at a rate which is not
less than 50 percent of the benefits which the policy
provides for other types of illness.

470E.

(a) Every [individual hospital or major medical]
insurance policy, INDIVIDUAL POLICY, OR CERTIFICATE WRITTEN
ON AN EXPENSE INCURRED BASIS WHICH IS delivered or issued
for [deliverance under this subtitle to any person in]
DELIVERY, OR ISSUED TO A WITHIN THIS STATE COVERED PERSON
MARYLAND RESIDENT WITHIN THIS STATE OR TO A GROUP WHICH IS
INCORPORATED IN AND HAS AN OFFICE WITHIN this State must
include benefits for expenses arising from treatment of
acute mental illnesses and emotional disorders which in the
professional judgment of practitioners are subject to
significant improvement through short-term therapy. These
benefits must be at least equal to the following minimum
requirements: (1) [With] WITH respect to benefits for
confinement as an inpatient in a hospital, the period of
confinement for which benefits are payable shall be at least
[thirty (30)] 30 days in any calendar year or benefit
period; (2) with respect to major medical expense coverage,
benefits, after the applicable deductible, for covered
expenses arising from all those services, other than
inpatient, which are rendered to treat acute mental illness
and emotional disorders, shall be at a rate which is not
less than 50 percent of the benefits which the policy
provides for other types of illness.

477E.

(a) Every [hospital or major medical] HEALTH
insurance policy, INDIVIDUAL POLICY,OR CERTIFICATE WRITTEN
ON AN EXPENSE INCURRED BASIS WHICH IS delivered or issued
for [deliverance under this subtitle to any person in]
DELIVERY, OR ISSUED TO A WITHIN THIS STATE COVERED PERSON
WITHIN THIS STATE WHICH IS INCORPORATED IN AND
OR HAS AN OFFICE WITHIN this State MARYLAND RESIDENT must
include benefits for expenses arising from treatment of
acute mental illnesses and emotional disorders which in the