CHAPTER 139
(Senate Bill 67)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Extension of Benefits

FOR the purpose of requiring certain entities to extend certain health insurance
benefits under certain circumstances; providing that the requirements do not
apply if coverage is terminated due to an individual's failure to pay premiums
under certain circumstances; prohibiting the charging of a premium when
health insurance benefits are extended; defining certain terms providing for the
application of this Act; and generally relating to the extension of health
insurance benefits.

BY adding to

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Section 19-706(ff)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement) 

BY adding to

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Section 15-829

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

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19-706.  

(FF) THE PROVISIONS OF § 15-829 OF THE INSURANCE ARTICLE SHALL APPLY
TO HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS.

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15-829.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2) (I) "EXPENSE INCURRED" MEANS THAT BENEFITS PAYABLE
UNDER A POLICY ARE BASED ON THE MEDICAL EXPENSES OF THE INSURED.

(II) "EXPENSE INCURRED" INCLUDES A POLICY THAT INCLUDES
HOSPITAL INDEMNITY BENEFITS AND EXPENSE INCURRED BENEFITS FOR
PHYSICIAN SERVICES.