WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

S.B. 452

for Long-Term Care Program to provide long-term care services for enrollees;
providing for the administration of the Program; specifying the requirements to be
eligible for the Program; requiring the Insurance Commissioner to adopt standards
for a long term care insurance policy under the Program; providing minimum
qualification of a long-term care insurance policy; requiring the Commissioner to
undertake measures to educate the public concerning certain issues relating to the
Program; providing for the protection of assets in determining eligibility for medical
assistance; requiring the Commissioner to undertake measures to educate the public
concerning certain issues relating to the Program; requiring the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene and the Insurance Commissioner to jointly adopt
regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act and to submit a certain report to
the General Assembly at a certain time; authorizing the subtraction of certain
premium payments from the federal adjusted gross income in determining Maryland
adjusted gross income; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to
apply to the federal government for Medicaid waivers necessary to implement the
provisions of this Act; and generally relating to the establishment of the Maryland
Partnership for Long-Term Care Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 48A - Insurance Code
Section 647

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

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 15-501 15-401 through 15-507 15-407, inclusive, to be under the new
subtitle "Subtitle 5. 4. Maryland Partnership for Long-Term Care Program"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article—Tax—General

Section 10-208(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1988 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

647.

(a)     An insurer shall provide an applicant for long-term care insurance with an
outline of coverage.

(b)     The outline shall include:

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