Ch. 2

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND
SCHEDULE OF BASIC RATE ADJUSTMENTS

When Ratio Between Fund Balance                                                   Employing Unit's

on September 30 and Total                                                               Contribution

Taxable Wages for Prior Year Is:                                                      Basic Rate Shall:

(1)      up to 2.8%                                                                   Increase by [1.9%] 1.7%

(2)      2.8% but less than 2.9%                          Increase by [1.9%] 1.7%

(3)      2.9% but less than 3.0%                                             Increase by [1.8%] 1.7%

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act does not affect
the changes to § 8-612 of the Labor and Employment Article that will take effect on
January 1, 1995, and thereafter, pursuant to Chapter 554 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1992.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That notwithstanding the provisions
of Sections 7 and 15 of Chapter 554 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1992, this Act shall
remain in effect until the end of December 31, 1995; and further, that the provisions of §
8-612(e) of the Labor and Employment Article, as enacted by Section 7 of Chapter 554 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of 1992, shall take effect on January 1, 1996.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved February 8, 1994.

CHAPTER 2
(Senate Bill 756)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Mental Illness, Emotional Disorders, Drug Abuse, and Alcohol Abuse

FOR the purpose of repealing certain-provisions of law prohibiting certain hospital or
major medical contracts or certificates delivered or issued for delivery in the State
by insurers, nonprofit health service plans, or health maintenance organizations on
a group or individual basis that provide benefits or services for diseases or sickness
from discriminating against any person with a mental illness, emotional disorder, or
a drug abuse or alcohol abuse disorder; repealing certain provisions of law allowing
a waiver of coverage for mental illness under certain circumstances; prohibiting
certain hospital or major medical contracts or certificates delivered or issued for
delivery in the State by an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, or a health
maintenance organization on a group or individual basis from discriminating against
any person with a mental illness, an emotional disorder, or a drug abuse or alcohol
abuse disorder by failing to provide coverage for treatment of those illnesses and
disorders under the same terms and conditions provided for any other type of health

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