VETOES

vehicle and [collectable] COLLECTIBLE from the insurer of such
motor vehicle.

(d)  Benefits payable under the coverages [required in]
DESCRIBED UNDER §§ 539 and 541 of this [article] SUBTITLE shall
be reduced to the extent that the recipient has recovered
benefits under workmen's compensation laws of any state or the
federal government.

(e)  Nothing herein shall prohibit a nonprofit health
service plan or an authorized insurer, with the approval of the
Commissioner, from providing medical, hospital, and disability
benefits in connection with motor vehicle accidents.

544.

(a)  All payments of benefits [prescribed] DESCRIBED under §
539 of this subtitle shall be made periodically as the claims
therefor arise and within 30 days after satisfactory proof
thereof is received by the insurer subject to the following
limitations:

(1)  The coverages   described in § 539 of this subtitle
may prescribe a period of not   less than 12 months after the date
of accident within which the   original claim for benefits must be
presented to the insurer.

(2)  The coverages described in § 539 of this subtitle
may provide that in any instance where a lapse occurs in the
period of total disability or in the medical treatment of an
injured person who has received benefits under such coverage or
coverages and such person subsequently claims additional benefits
based upon an alleged recurrence of the injury for which the
original claim for benefits was made, the insurer may require
reasonable medical proof of such alleged recurrence; provided,
that in no event shall the aggregate benefits payable to any
person exceed the maximum limits prescribed in the policy.

(b)  Payments of benefits which are not made in accordance
with this section and which are overdue shall bear simple
interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month.

(c)  Whenever an insurer providing benefits [required] under
§ 539 of this subtitle receives written notice from an insured of
the occurrence of an accident, the insurer shall notify that
insured of the latest date on which claim may be filed as
provided in subsection (a)(1) of this section.

545.

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