PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                              Ch. 698

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

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 698
(House Bill 843)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Medical Savings Accounts

FOR the purpose of requiring the Health Care Access and Cost Commission to adopt
regulations establishing a modified health benefit plan in the small group market for
medical savings accounts that qualify under the federal Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996; requiring the regulations to include certain
elements; altering a certain requirement on health benefits carriers relating to
minimum participation in health benefits plans; and generally relating to medical
savings accounts.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 48A—Insurance Code
Section 698(q)(3)(i) and 700(a)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-1502(c)(5)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Insurance
Section 15-1206(c) and 15-1207(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter____ (H.B. 11) of the Acts of the General Assembly of

1997)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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