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Health maintenance organizations, rate and contract review by

Insurance Commissioner, provisions added..................................... 647 3672

Ignition Interlock System Program, Motor Vehicle Administration
authorized to establish for drivers whose licenses are suspended or
revoked or who have accumulated points for drunk driving
violations; increased license suspension periods for drunk driving,
authorized........................................................................................... 648 3676

Liability Insurance on Rental Vehicles, Task Force to Examine,
established; rental vehicle insurance requirements, provisions
altered................................................................................................. 673 3817

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

Mechanics' liens, notice of intention to claim, time period for
providing notice, increased ................................................................ 377 2571

Medical, dental, and hospital records and writings, admissibility in
district court civil trials, provisions added........................................ 554 3126

Nonprofit health service plan contracts or rates, waiting period
before proposed amendments go into effect, altered; disapproval or
withdrawal by Insurance Commissioner, notice requirements added 647 3672

Nursing staff agency, renewal of registration, notice, and penalties for
failure to renew, provisions added; Board of Nursing proceedings,
records, and files, discovery or use as evidence in a civil action,
prohibited, and disclosure to a health occupation regulatory board,
provisions added................................................................................ 513 2963

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

Probate process, method of mail delivery of first notice, provisions

altered................................................................................................. 417 2683

Property tax credit .and income tax credit for owner occupied
residential property in areas in Baltimore City and Baltimore
County designated for participation in neighborhood preservation
and stabilization demonstration projects, provisions added ............ 590 3407

Property tax semiannual payment, provisions clarified and amended .         97 1345

Public higher education institutions engaged in research or
development, conflict of interest procedures and exemptions
altered to allow controlled relationships with the private sector ... 406 2649

Real property value decrease, notice to owner of property by county

assessor, requirements added............................................................ 230 1697

Release of security interest in a motor vehicle, notice to licensed
dealer who pays off the security interest on behalf of the owner,
provisions added................................................................................. 233 1701

Secondhand precious metal object dealers and pawnbrokers, change
of business address, preconditions for requiring provision of
allegedly stolen items to police and receipt for items, notice of
dealer's right to file charges against seller, and signed statement of
seller's ownership, provisions added ................................................. 509 2951

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