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1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii)     Fixed indemnity insurance;

(iii)   Credit health insurance;             

(iv)    Medicare supplement policies;

(v)     Long-term care insurance;

(vi)    Disability income insurance;

(vii)   Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;

(viii) Workers' compensation or similar insurance;

(ix)    Disease-specific insurance;

(x)     Automobile medical payment insurance;

(xi)    Dental insurance; or

(xii)   Vision insurance.                                                      

(j) (1) "Mandated benefit" means a statute in this article or in the Health -
General Article that would require a particular health care service, benefit, coverage, or
reimbursement for covered health care services to be provided or offered in a health
benefit plan issued or delivered in the State by a carrier.

(2) "Mandated benefit" includes a statute that would require a health
benefit plan that provides reimbursement for a service to provide reimbursement for that
service when performed by any health care provider who is licensed under the [Health -
General] HEALTH OCCUPATIONS Article and whose scope of practice includes that
service.

698A.                                              

(A)      [Except as provided in § 712 of this subtitle, this] THIS subtitle applies only
to [carriers that offer] health benefit plans covering eligible employees of small
employers.

(B)      THIS SUBTITLE APPLIES TO ANY HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN ISSUED OR
RENEWED AFTER JUNE 30, 1994 THAT PROVIDES COVERAGE TO A SMALL EMPLOYER
IN THIS STATE IF:

(1)      ANY PORTION OF THE PREMIUM' OR BENEFITS IS PAID BY OR ON
BEHALF OF THE SMALL EMPLOYER;

(2)      ANY ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE OR DEPENDENT IS REIMBURSED,
WHETHER THROUGH WAGE ADJUSTMENTS OR OTHERWISE, BY OR ON BEHALF OF
THE SMALL EMPLOYER FOR ANY PORTION OF THE PREMIUM;

(3)      THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN IS TREATED BY THE EMPLOYER OR ANY
OF THE ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES OR DEPENDENTS AS PART OF A PLAN OR PROGRAM
UNDER THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, 26 U.S.C. § 106, § 125, OR § 162;
OR                           

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