Ch. 160

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(B) IF AN INSURER OR NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE PLAN CLASSIFIES AN
OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST AS A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AS PROVIDED
UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, AND A WOMAN DOES NOT CHOOSE AN
OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST AS HER PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, THE INSURER
OR NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE PLAN SHALL PERMIT THE WOMAN TO RECEIVE AN
ANNUAL VISIT TO AN IN-NETWORK OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST FOR ROUTINE
ROUTINE GYNECOLOGICAL CARE WITHOUT REQUIRING THE WOMAN TO FIRST VISIT
HER PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, WHETHER OR NOT THE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER
IS QUALIFIED TO AND REGULARLY PROVIDES ROUTINE ROUTINE GYNECOLOGICAL
CARE.

Article - Health - General

19-706.

(k) (1) A health maintenance organization shall:.

[(1)](I) Classify an obstetrician/gynecologist as a primary care
physician; or

[(2)](II) Permit a woman to receive an annual visit to an in-network
obstetrician/gynecologist for routine routine gynecological care without requiring the
woman to first visit a primary care provider.

(2) IF A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION CLASSIFIES AN
OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST AS A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN AS PROVIDED
UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION, AND A WOMAN DOES NOT CHOOSE AN
OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST AS HER PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, THE HEALTH
MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION SHALL PERMIT THE WOMAN TO RECEIVE AM
ANNUAL VISIT TO AN IN-NETWORK OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST FOR ROUTINE
ROUTINE GYNECOLOGICAL CARE WITHOUT REQUIRING THE WOMAN TO FIRST VISIT
HER PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, WHETHER OR NOT THE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER
IS QUALIFIED TO AND REGULARLY PROVIDES ROUTINE ROUTINE GYNECOLOGICAL
CARE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 9, 1995.

CHAPTER 160
(Senate Bill 337)

AN ACT concerning

State Personnel - Reprisals for Employee Grievances, Complaints, or Other Actions

FOR the purpose of providing that a State employee may present employment grievances
and complaints without being subjected to coercion, discrimination, interference,

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