PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 133

LIFE INSURANCE POLICY IS ISSUED AND WHO SUBSEQUENTLY SUFFERS DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OR ABUSE OR WHO DIES AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR
ABUSE.

(C) IF AN INSURER ACTS IN GOOD FAITH, THE INSURER IS NOT SUBJECT TO TORT
LIABILITY FOR A CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING FROM THE INSURER'S LAWFUL ISSUANCE
OF AND LAWFUL COMPLIANCE WITH A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY FOR AN INSURED WHO
SUBSEQUENTLY SUFFERS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR ABUSE.

(D) THIS SECTION DOES NOT REQUIRE AN INSURER:

(1) TO MAKE A PAYMENT TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WILLFULLY CAUSED AN
INJURY THAT GAVE RISE TO A LOSS UNDER A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY; OR

(2) TO ISSUE, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PROPOSED INSURED, LIFE
INSURANCE OR DISABILITY INCOME INSURANCE TO AN APPLICANT KNOWN TO HAVE
ABUSED THE PROPOSED INSURED.

(D) (E) THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE INTERPRETED TO PRECLUDE AN
INSURER FROM USING MENTAL OR PHYSICAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS, REGARDLESS
OF CAUSE. IN DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY. RATE, OR UNDERWRITING
CLASSIFICATION OF THE APPLICANT OR INSURED.

(E) THIS SECTION DOES NOT REQUIRE AN INSURER TO MAKE A PAYMENT
FOR ANY LOSS UNDER A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY THAT WOULD DIRECTLY BENEFIT
A PERSON WHO WILLFULLY CAUSED AN INJURY THAT GAVE RISE TO THE LOSS.

Article - Health - General

19-706.

(g) The provisions of Article 48A,[ § 230A] §§ 230A AND 234D of the Code shall
apply to health maintenance organizations.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 133
(Senate Bill 356)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Nursing - Distribution of Fees

FOR the purpose of altering a certain provision of law that provides for the distribution
of certain fees received from the State Board of Nursing; clarifying certain
language; providing for a delayed effective date; and generally relating to the
distribution of fees received from the State Board of Nursing by the Comptroller of
the State to the Board of Nursing Fund.

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