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Insurance fraud, expanded to include soliciting a person injured in an
auto accident to sue or hire a lawyer to sue or to seek care from a
health care practitioner; Insurance Fraud Unit required to notify
appropriate professional licensing boards of insurance fraud and
gross overutilization of health care services..................................... 348 2262

Life or health insurance contract or policy coverage by the Life and
Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation, notice requirements
altered ................................................................................................          10 224

Mechanical repair contracts sold by a motor vehicle dealer, coverage
requirements extended, and application of the Maryland Consumer
Products Guaranty Act specified ...................................................... 433 2730

Medicare supplement policies, applicability of specific provisions of
the Insurance Code, and disclosure requirements, provisions
amended............................................................................................ 296 1841

Milk shelf life studies, requirements repealed; milk sell-by period.
extended.............................................................................................. 691 3875

Physicians, identification as specialists by Board of Physician Quality
Assurance, provisions repealed......................................................... 436 2735

Podiatrists and psychologists, notification and investigation of

complaints, requirements added ....................................................... 261 1757

Point-of-service option for dental benefits and health maintenance
organizations, notice of availability and prohibition on imposition
of minimum participation level, provisions added........................... 283 1813

Prize and gift offers that are conditioned on purchase of goods or

services, exemption to prohibition, provisions added ...................... 589 3404

Contests —

Prize and gift offers that are conditioned on purchase of goods or

services, exemption to prohibition, provisions added ...................... 589 3404

Continuing Care —

At home providers, registration and regulation, provisions added .... 146 1485

Providers, contracts, and facilities, regulation and oversight

provisions added and amended......................................................... 346 2046

Contractors —

SEE ALSO Heating and Cooling; Home Improvement

Blind persons contracting with the State to manage vending facilities
in government buildings, authorized to participate in State
deferred compensation plan ............................................................. 380 2585

Class E truck owner operators working under an agreement with a
motor carrier, excluded from workers' compensation covered
employee status and not entitled to compensation from a principal
contractor, provisions added............................................................. 113 1388

Construction contract claims under State procurement law,
submission of notice and final claim by contractor, payment and
review by agency, and award of costs by Board of Contract Appeals,
provisions altered and added ............................................................ 682 3848

Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
Contractors -                   

Board of, appropriation to................................................................ . 13 837

Licensing credit for certain experience, provisions added;
application or license fee increases before 1997, prohibited ...... 515 2969

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