Ch. 474

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 468CA, 468CB, 468DA, 468DB, 468DC, 468GA, and 468GB

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 19-706

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 48A - Insurance Code

354W.

[(a)] The provisions of §§ 468B through 468H of 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.

(b) (1) In this subtitle the following words have the
meanings indicated.

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(a) Sections 468B through 468H of this subtitle may be
cited as the Medicare Supplement and Specified Disease Act.
Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, the
provisions of this Act shall apply to policies issued under the
provisions of this subtitle and also to individual and group
contracts and certificates issued under the provisions of
Subtitle 20 - Nonprofit Health Service Plans and to group and
blanket policies and certificates issued under the provisions of
Subtitle 26 - Group and Blanket Health Insurance.

468B.

[(b) A Medicare supplement policy or certificate is an
individual or group contract or certificate of health insurance
which is primarily designed to supplement Medicare, except that a
Medicare supplement policy or certificate does not include a
group contract or certificate issued to one or more employers or
labor organizations, or to the trustees of a fund established by
one or more employers or labor organizations, or combination
thereof, for employees or former employees, or combination
thereof, or for members or former members, or combination
thereof, of the labor organizations.]