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Health maintenance organization (HMO) point-of-service option for
health care and dental benefits, patient continuum of care when
provider terminated from HMO panel, application process for
HMO panel of providers, and method of payment of provider by
insurance carrier, provisions altered.................................................
In-network obstetrician/gynecologists, annual visit for routine care
for women who do not choose an obstetrician/gynecologist as their.
primary care provider, coverage requirements added.....................
Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation, liability limits and
number of classes and amount of assessments on member insurers,
provisions altered...............................................................................
Managed care plans, authorization to require medical assistance
recipients to enroll in, and quality assurance programs for,.
provisions added.................................................................................
Maternity and newborn care, selection of infant's primary care
provider prior to delivery, and information on postpartum home
visits, .provisions added; utilization review criteria and standards for
. hospital services, including length of stay, requirements altered ...
Small employer group health insurance, coverage expanded to
include employees already covered under another plan, part-time
employees, self-employed, tax-exempt nonprofits, municipal
corporations, and counties; minimum participation requirements,
altered; dental care allowed as additional benefit ...........................
State Employees -
Employee Benefits, Division of, appropriation to...........................
Health and Welfare -Benefits Program, transfer from the
Department of Personnel to the Department of Budget and
Fiscal Planning, termination date repealed ..................................
Uniform forms for treatment plans for mental health and alcohol and
drug abuse for utilization review purposes, and for laboratory
referrals, provider vouchers, and consultation referrals,
requirements added ...........................................................................
User fee assessments on third party administrators, provisions
altered; determination of total user fee assessment on classes of
payors, provisions added ....................................................................
Voluntary noncontractual religious publication arrangements,
exemption from regulation by the Insurance Code, provisions
added..................................................................................................
Insurance - Motor Vehicle —
SEE ALSO Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
Classification-basing period limitation, provisions altered ................
Comprehensive insurance reform, including creation of the Insurance
Fraud Division, expansion of competitive rating, requirements for
marketing plans, underwriting standards, and good driving
discounts, and measures to increase the availability and
affordability of insurance in Baltimore City....................................
- 4510 -
INDEX
|
604
605
|
3431
3450
|
|
159
|
1875
|
|
203
|
1966
|
|
500
|
2891
|
|
502
503
|
2910
2917
|
|
501
|
2901
|
|
7
|
397
|
|
323
|
2254
|
|
577
|
3291
|
|
462
|
2651
|
|
544
|
3150
|
|
475
|
2691
|
|
352
|
2368
|
|
