PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 378

owner for his own residence shall not exceed the amount by which the owner is indebted
under the contract at the time the notice is given.

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

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 378
(Senate Bill 204)

AN ACT concerning

Experimental Medical Care Disclosure Act Task Force on Emerging Medical and

Surgical Treatments

FOR the purpose of requiring certain health insurers to establish a certain process to
follow when evaluating emerging medical and surgical treatments for the purpose of
making coverage and payment decisions; requiring certain health insurers to make
certain disclosures to certain providers, enrollees, and prospective enrollees under
certain circumstances; specifying the provisions of the process; requiring certain
health insurers to identify certain local clinical experts to assist the health insurer in
evaluating emerging medical and surgical treatments; requiring certain health
insurers to file a certain report with the Insurance Commissioner; specifying the
contents of the report; prohibiting certain health insurers from preventing providers
from disclosing certain information to enrollees; prohibiting certain health insurers
for certain purposes from conditioning the payment of the salary of an employee or
provider on the number or kind of health care services denied to enrollees;
specifying the application of this Act; authorizing the Insurance Commissioner to
adopt regulations; defining certain terms; and generally relating to requiring certain
health insurers to establish and follow a certain process when evaluating emerging
medical and surgical treatments for the purpose of making certain coverage and
payment conditions establishing a Task Force on Emerging Medical and Surgical
Treatments: specifying the membership of the Task Force; providing for the
termination of this Act; and generally relating to emerging medical and surgical
treatments.

BY adding to

Article 48A—Insurance Code

Section 490FF

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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