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Gynecological care from an in-network obstetrician/gynecologist who
is not a patient's primary care physician, insurance provisions

amended............................................................................................. 579 3298

580 3301

Health care providers, communication with patients on coverage,
treatment options, or provider's reimbursment arrangements with
insurer, reimbursement by insurer, contract restrictions on insurer
liability, practice profiling, uniform voucher forms, and grievance
appeal, provisions added................................................................... 548 3107

Insurance Article, new titles added to recodification.........................          11 235

Loss ratio benchmark established; rate filing requirements altered;
penalties authorized for overdue filings of expense and loss ratio
information; disclosure of loss ratio information to contract holders
and transmission of information to Health Care Access and Cost
Commission, requirements added..................................................... 425 2698

Medical Assistance Managed Care Program -

Impact on primary care providers and freestanding facilities of laws
and regulations authorizing or requiring enrollment of medicaid

recipients into managed care plans, study required..................... 549 3113

Implementation and structural framework, quality standards,
inclusion of historic providers, solvency, and mental health
services, provisions added .............................................................. 352 2426

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

Patient and Provider Appeal and Grievance Mechanisms, Task Force
to Study, established .......................................................................... 548 3107

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

Rate and contract review by Insurance Commissioner, provisions

added .................................................................................................. 647 3672

Reconstructive breast surgery, insurance coverage required .............. 375 2567

376 2569

Reimbursement of emergency services providers, provisions altered;
determination of appropriate reimbursement for federally
mandated medical screening, and study and report on how
provisions affect billing patterns of hospitals and emergency

physicians, requirements added ........................................................ 503 2934

Health Occupations —

Alcohol and drug counselors, certification provisions added ............. 576 3259

577 3273

Boards and commissions, appropriation to ..........................................          13 819

Cancer registry, report of cancer patients by physicians and
freestanding ambulatory care facilities, and immunity from liability
of reporting health care providers and facilities, provisions added . 235 1703

Chiropractors -
Licensing, examination, discipline, trade name, hearing costs, and
State Board membership qualifications, provisions altered ........ 528 3037

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