Ch. 145

1997 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,
1999, 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) (a) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the grantee shall grant and convey to
the Maryland Historical Trust a perpetual preservation easement to the extent of its
interest:

(i) On the land or such portion of the land acceptable to the Trust;

and

(ii) On the exterior and interior, where appropriate, of the historic

structures.

(b) The easement must be in form and substance acceptable to the Trust
and the extent of the interest to be encumbered must be acceptable to the Trust.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1997.

Approved April 29, 1997.

CHAPTER 145
(Senate Bill 162)

AN ACT concerning

Health Care Consumer Information and Education Act

FOR the purpose of requiring, under certain circumstances, certain carriers to disclose
certain information concerning the carrier's operating practices in a certain manner
to enrollees, prospective individual purchasers, and employers', specifying the
information that carriers are required to disclose; specifying the application of this
Act; requiring certain carriers to file certain information with the Insurance
Commissioner; authorizing the Commissioner to adopt regulations; defining certain
terms; and generally relating to requiring certain carriers to disclose certain
information about the carrier's operating practices to certain persons under certain
circumstances requiring certain carriers to disclose certain information in their
marketing enrollment sales materials concerning the reimbursement methodology or
methodologies a carrier uses for reimbursing physicians: requiring certain carriers
to disclose certain information in a certain manner in their marketing enrollment

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