HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1839

CHAPTER 482
(House Bill 672)
AN ACT concerning

Insurance - Medical Malpractice Claims

FOR the purpose of altering the designated reporting requirements

for insurers that provide medical malpractice insurance;
requiring certain reports to be treated as public records
under the State Government Article; requiring the Insurance
Commissioner to release certain reports to specified health
profession licensing boards and the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene; and repealing a certain provision of law
that gives the Insurance Commissioner sole discretion to
determine the validity of any request for a report.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 490B(a) and (d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 48A - Insurance Code
490B.

(a) Every insurer providing professional liability
insurance to a physician or doctor of osteopathy licensed in
Maryland in accordance with Title 14 of the Health Occupations
Article, or to a hospital, nurse, dentist, podiatrist,
optometrist, chiropractor, or blood bank licensed under the
Health - General Article or the Health Occupations Article, and
every self-insured hospital shall report [periodically, but in no
event less than once each year] QUARTERLY, any claim or action
for damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by
an error, omission, or negligence in the performance of the
insured's professional services, or based on a claimed
performance of professional services without consent, if the
claim resulted in:

(1)  A final judgment in any amount;

(2)  A settlement in any amount;

(3)  A final disposition not resulting in payment on
behalf of the insured. Reports shall be filed no later than

[March 15th of the year] JANUARY 15, APRIL 15, JULY 15, OR
OCTOBER 15 following the occurrence of (1), (2) or (3) above 90