Life and health insurance and annuities, prohibition against
offering or giving valuable consideration not specified in
contract, exception for educational or promotional materials or
merchandise valued under $10 .....................................................

Mortgage lenders and brokers, licensing and regulation,
provisions altered; Task Force to Examine the Mortgage
Lending Business, established ......................................................

Pharmacy, State Board of, disciplinary and regulatory authority
altered, and Pharmacy Review Committee established ..............

Physician reimbursement methodology and distribution of
premium dollars, disclosure by health benefit plan providers in
enrollment sales materials, requirements added ........................

Premium financing companies and agreements, additional
premiums, returned premiums upon cancellation, deductions
from premiums, and discrimination prohibitions, provisions
altered .............................................................................................

Recordation or transfer tax, statement of responsibility contained
in contract used in sale of residential property, altered;
compliance of contract of sale with provisions of law, provisions
clarified ...........................................................................................

Telecommunications tax reform, including income tax credits for
property taxes, repeal of income tax exemption for local
telephone provider revenues subject to franchise tax,
itemization of franchise tax on local provider bill, and
reclassification of public utility property for property tax
purposes..........................................................................................

Continuing Care - -

SEE ALSO Long Term Care; Nursing Homes

Referral of health maintenance organization subscriber who is a

continuing care facility resident to the skilled nursing unit of

the facility for follow-up care after acute care services,

provisions added .............................................................................

Contractors —

SEE ALSO Heating and Cooling; Home Improvement

Campaign contributions by persons doing business with State or

local government, reporting requirements, provisions altered ...
Charles County -

Repeated false alarms or abusive use of county emergency and

public safety services, prohibition, and licensing and

regulation of alarm systems contractors, provisions added ....

Fire sprinkler contractors, licensing and regulation, provisions

added ...............................................................................................

Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration

Contractors, State Board of, appropriation to .............................

Highway work permits, nongovernment applicant required to

submit payment bond, performance bond, or other surety,

provisions added .............................................................................

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, jurisdiction over

gasfitting installations, clarified ...................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

515	2903
588	3235
615	3450
145	1758
273	2096
729	4157
629 630	3509 3518
161	1792
638	3620
734	4166
507	2884
3	174
678	3911
492	2849