PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 685

(2) The Commissioner shall collect the fraud prevention fee.

(b) The total amount of the fraud prevention fee collected by the Commissioner
shall be deposited in the Insurance Fraud Division Fund for the sole purpose of funding
the activities of the Insurance Fraud Division.]

[640C.

The fraud prevention fee shall be:

(1) For each insurer or other entity authorized to operate in the State under
this article:

(i) In 1905, $750; and

(ii) In 1996, and thereafter, $1,000; and

(2) $10 for each agent licensed by the Commissioner.]

[640D.

The Commissioner may adopt regulations to implement any provision of this
subtitle.]

722.

To add a name to a license or delete a name from a license, the licensee shall[:

(1) Submit] SUBMIT to the Commissioner the change in the form that the
Commissioner requires[; and

(2)     Pay to the Commissioner a fee of $10].

Article—Health—General

[19-709.

(a) When a health maintenance organization files its initial application for a
certificate of authority to operate, it shall pay to the Commissioner a fee of $300.

(b) In addition to the fee required under subsection (a) of this section, each
health maintenance organization shall pay a reasonable sum that the Commissioner finds
to be the cost of the investigations made by the Commissioner and the Department as
required under this subtitle.]

19-711.

(a) Within 90 days after the filing of an application for a certificate of authority to
operate as a health maintenance organization, the Commissioner shall issue the
certificate of authority to the applicant if:

(1)    The application conforms with § 19-708 of this subtitle;

(2) [The applicant has paid the fees required by § 19-709 of this subtitle;

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