Ch. 475

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b)  (1) Any health maintenance organization that is
regulated by Article 48A, Subtitle 20, Nonprofit Health Service
Plans, of the Code is subject also to this subtitle.

(2) This subsection applies to a corporation

described in Article 48A, Subtitle 20, Nonprofit Health Service

Plans, of the Code, but only if it is a health maintenance
organization.

(c)  Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a health
maintenance organization is not subject to the insurance laws of
this State.

(d)  The provisions of Article 48A, Subtitle 11 shall apply
to health maintenance organizations.

(E) A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION WHICH ENROLLS MEMBERS
ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE BENEFITS UNDER TITLE XVIII OF THE SOCIAL
SECURITY ACT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 48A,
§§ 468B THROUGH 468GB OF THE MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT AND SPECIFIED
DISEASE ACT,. TO THE EXTENT ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE LATTER
ACT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE MEDICARE ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.

[(e)] (F) Only the Commissioner may issue, suspend, or
revoke a certificate of authority of a health maintenance
organization.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 19, 1989.

CHAPTER 475

(House Bill 1573)

AN ACT concerning

Dorchester County - Micro-Brewery License

FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Comptroller to issue a
certain class of manufacturer's license designated as a
micro-brewery (on- and off-sale) license in Dorchester
County; specifying certain requirements for a licensee;
providing for the authority of the Dorchester County board
of license commissioners with regard to days and times of
consumer sales that the days and times of sales in Baltimore
City and in Dorchester County are the same as those for the
respective Class B license; providing for the payment of

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