PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 843

(VII)  A STATE HEALTH BENEFITS RISK POOL;

(VIII)   A HEALTH PLAN OFFERED UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM (FEHBP), TITLE 5, CHAPTER 89 OF THE UNITED STATES
CODE;

(IX)    A PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN AS DEFINED BY FEDERAL
REGULATIONS AUTHORIZED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, SECTION

2701(C)(1)(I), AS AMENDED BY P.L. 104-191; OR

(X)     A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN UNDER SECTION 5(E) OF THE PEACE
CORPS ACT, 22 U.S.C. 2504(E).

(2) A PERIOD OF CREDITABLE COVERAGE SHALL NOT BE COUNTED,
WITH RESPECT TO ENROLLMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER A HEALTH BENEFIT
PLAN OR AN EMPLOYER SPONSORED PLAN, IF, AFTER SUCH PERIOD AND BEFORE
THE ENROLLMENT DATE, THERE WAS A 63-DAY PERIOD DURING ALL OF WHICH THE
INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY CREDITABLE COVERAGE.

(H) "ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL:

(1)      (I) FOR WHOM, AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL
SEEKS COVERAGE UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, THE AGGREGATE OF THE PERIODS OF
CREDITABLE COVERAGE IS 18 OR MORE MONTHS; AND

(II) WHOSE MOST RECENT PRIOR CREDITABLE COVERAGE WAS
UNDER AN EMPLOYER SPONSORED PLAN, GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, CHURCH PLAN,
OR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN OFFERED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THESE PLANS;

(2)      WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR COVERAGE UNDER:

(I)       AN EMPLOYER SPONSORED PLAN;

(II)     PART A OR PART B OF TITLE XVIII OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY
ACT;

(III)    A STATE PLAN UNDER TITLE XIX OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY
ACT; OR

(IV)    A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN;

(3)      WHO HAS NOT HAD THE MOST RECENT PRIOR CREDITABLE
COVERAGE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (1)(II) OF THIS SUBSECTION TERMINATED
FOR NONPAYMENT OF PREMIUMS OR FRAUD BY THE INDIVIDUAL; AND

(4)      WHO, IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN OFFERED THE OPTION OF
CONTINUATION COVERAGE UNDER A STATE OR FEDERAL CONTINUATION
PROVISION:

(I)       HAS ELECTED THAT COVERAGE; AND

(II)     HAS EXHAUSTED THAT COVERAGE,

(I) "ENROLLMENT DATE" MEANS THE DATE ON WHICH:

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