WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 297

Accreditation Fund established by this Act shall be funded through grant moneys
authorized and received in the State from the federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development and other federal agencies for the abatement of lead paint poisoning, when
such grant moneys are contingent upon the establishment of a State certification program
under the federal Act and its rules and regulations.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.

CHAPTER 297
(House Bill 320)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance Coverage - Allocation of Costs and Continuation of Benefits for Spouse

Pending Divorce

FOR the purpose of authorizing a court to allocate between the parties to an action for
divorce the costs of maintaining health insurance coverage pending the outcome of
the action or to require continuation or reinstatement of health insurance coverage;
providing for the application of this Act; and generally relating to the allocation of
costs to maintain health insurance coverage for spouses pending divorce.

BY repealing and reenacting, with without amendments,
Article 48A - Insurance Code
Section 490H

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 11-111
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article 48A - Insurance Code

490H.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) "Applicable change in status" means the divorce OR THE FILING OF AN
ACTION FOR DIVORCE of the insured and the insured's spouse.

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