Ch. 11

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(a) The provisions of §§ 468B through 468H of [Article 48A]
THIS ARTICLE known as the Medicare Supplement and Specified
Disease Act, shall apply to any Medicare supplement individual
and group contracts and certificates issued by nonprofit health
service plans.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects a stylistic error in a
cross-reference in Article 48A, § 354W(a).

The stylistic error occurred in Ch. 265 of the Acts of
1981.

The stylistic error was noted by the Michie Company.

354EE.

(a)  (6) "Unfair discrimination" means any act, method of
competition, or practice engaged in by a nonprofit health service
plan, which is prohibited by Sections 217 through 234, inclusive,
of this [subtitle] ARTICLE or any act, method of competition, or
practice not specified in Sections 217 through 234, inclusive, OF
THIS ARTICLE that the Commissioner believes is unfair or
deceptive and which results in the institution of an action by
the Commissioner under Section 216 of this [subtitle] ARTICLE.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects errors and a stylistic error
in cross-references in Article 48A, § 354EE(a)(6).

The errors and the stylistic error occurred in Ch. 726
of the Acts of the Regular Session of 1985.

The errors were noted by the Michie Company. The
stylistic error was noted by the professional staff of
the Legislative Division of the Department of
Legislative Reference.

361D.

(b)  A nonprofit health service plan may recover the costs
and expenses reasonably incurred by it in a successful action
against a health care provider if the nonprofit health service
plan shows that the provider, knowingly or willfully, made or
caused to be made:

(1) A false statement or representation of a material
fact in any application for any benefit or payment under this
[title] SUBTITLE from a nonprofit health service plan;

(2) A false statement or representation of a material
fact for use in determining rights to those benefits or payments;
or

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