Ch. 579

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

indirectly, from funds of the State, whether appropriated or unappropriated. No part of
the fund may consist of real property, in kind contributions, or funds expended prior to
the effective date of this Act. In case of any dispute as to the amount of the matching
fund or what money or assets may qualify as matching funds, the Board of Public Works
shall determine the matter and the Board's decision is final. The grantee has until June 1,
1998, to present evidence satisfactory to the Board of Public Works that a matching fund
will be provided. If satisfactory evidence is presented, the Board shall certify this fact and
the amount of the matching fund to the State Treasurer, and the proceeds of the loan
equal to the amount of the matching fund shall be expended for the purposes provided in
this Act. Any amount of the loan in excess of the amount of the matching fund certified
by the Board of Public Works shall be canceled and be of no further effect.

(6) No portion of the proceeds of the loan or any of the matching funds may be
used for the furtherance of sectarian religious instruction, or in connection with the
design, acquisition, or construction of any building used or to be used as a place of
sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in connection with any program or
department of divinity for any religious denomination. Upon the request of the Board of
Public Works, the grantee shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none of the
proceeds of the loan or any matching funds has been or is being used for a purpose
prohibited by this Act.

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

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 579

(Senate Bill 392)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Gynecological Care

FOR the purpose of altering the circumstances under which certain insurers and
nonprofit health service plans, including health maintenance organizations, shall
permit a woman to receive certain gynecological care from an in-network
obstetrician/gynecologist who is not her primary care physician; requiring an
obstetrician/gynecologist to confer with a primary care physician under certain
circumstances; and generally relating to gynecological care in health insurance.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 48A - Insurance Code
Section 490Z(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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