Ch. 650                                    1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(xii)](XIII) Title 9, Subtitle 2 of this article ("Conservation,
Rehabilitation, and Liquidation of Insurers");

[(xiii)] (XIV) § 10-120 of this article ("Temporary certificates");

[(xiv)](XV) Title 14, Subtitle X of this article (48A, §§ 468B through
468GB; "Medicare Supplement Act");

[(xv)] (XVI) Title XX of this article (48A, Subtitle 15; "Unfair Trade
Practices"); and

[(xvi)](XVII) § XX-XXX of this article (48A, § 12; "General penalty").

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1997.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act
shall take effect October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 650

(House Bill 211)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Health Insurance Reform - Application to Self-Employed Individuals

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of self-employment under the Maryland
Health Insurance Reform Act to include an individual whose income is derived
from self-employment regardless of how the individual's business is organized
under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons to request documentation
from certain persons for a certain purpose; providing for the effective dates of this
Act; providing for the application of this Act; and generally relating to small
employer group health insurance.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 48A - Insurance Code
Section 698(q)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 698(q)(9)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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