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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 316
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2005.
Approved May 10, 2005.
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CHAPTER 316
(Senate Bill 521)
AN ACT concerning
Health Insurance Mothers and Newborn Child Coverage - High-Deductible
Health Plans - Prohibition on Deductible - Exception
FOR the purpose of establishing an exception to a certain prohibition against certain
health insurance carriers imposing a deductible for certain coverage provided to
mothers and newborn children; authorizing certain health insurance carriers to
require that certain coverage be subject to the deductible of a high-deductible
health plan under certain circumstances; defining a certain term; making this
Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to health insurance.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Insurance
Section 15-812
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Insurance
15-812.
(a) (1) In this section[,] THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(2) ["attending provider"] "ATTENDING PROVIDER" means an
obstetrician, pediatrician, other physician, certified nurse midwife, or pediatric nurse
practitioner attending a mother or newborn child.
(3) "HIGH-DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN" MEANS A HEALTH BENEFIT
PLAN THAT MEETS THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY § 1201 OF THE
MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, IMPROVEMENT, AND MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2003.
(b) This section applies to:
(1) insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide inpatient
hospitalization coverage to individuals or groups on an expense-incurred basis under
health insurance policies or contracts that are issued or delivered in the State; and
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