WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                     Ch. 11

(2)  It is providing information requested by or in
furtherance of the purpose of a medical review committee,
accreditation board, or commission, or in response to legal
process; [or]

(3)  It is furnishing information to a nonprofit
health service plan or a Blue Cross or Blue Shield plan for the
purpose of coordinating benefit payments under more than one
sickness and accident, dental, or hospital medical contract; [or]

(4)  It is providing information for the purpose of an
investigation into a possible insurance fraud; [or]

(5)  It is providing information for the purposes of
reinsurance; [or]

(6)  It is providing information in the normal course
of underwriting to an insurance company information exchange
which may not redisclose the information unless expressly
authorized by the person to whom the information pertains; [or]

(7)  It is providing information for the purposes of:

(i) Evaluating an application for or renewal of
insurance; [or]

(ii) Evaluating and adjusting a claim for
benefits under a policy of insurance; or

(iii) Evaluating, settling, or defending any
claim or suit for personal injury; or

(8)  It is furnishing information pursuant to a cost
containment contractual obligation for the purpose of verifying
that the benefits paid by the insurance carrier were
contractually proper, or it is providing information to a
policyholder which does not reveal specific medical information
and is required for an audit of the billing made by the insurance
carrier to the policyholder.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This deletes extraneous conjunctions in
Article 48A, § 490E(b).

The extraneous disjunctive conjunctions "or" were
contained in Ch. 728 of the Acts of 1978.

The extraneous conjunctions were noted by the Michie
Company.

490G.

(k) Notice of the benefits under this section shall be
provided by:

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