(1994 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)
BY repealing

Chapter 110 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1998
Section 4

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Chapter 110 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1998
Section 5 through 12

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

Article - Health - General

15-301.

(a) In this section, "carrier" means:

(1) An insurer;

(2) A nonprofit service plan;

(3) A health maintenance organization; or

(4) Any other person that provides health benefit plans subject to
regulation by the State.

(b) There is a Children and Families Health Care Program.

(c) The Children and Families Health Care Program shall provide, subject to
the limitations of the State budget and any other requirements imposed by the State
and as permitted by federal law or waiver, comprehensive medical care and other
health care services to an individual who has a family income at or below 200 percent
of the federal poverty level and who is under the age of 19 years.

(d) [On or before July 1, 1999, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
shall develop and implement a program to provide comprehensive medical care and
other health care services to eligible individuals with a family income that is above
185 percent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed 200 percent of the federal
poverty level through employer sponsored health benefit plans or individual health
benefit plans.

(e)] The Children and Families Health Care Program shall be administered
through [:

(1) The] THE program under Subtitle 1 of this title requiring individuals
to enroll in managed care organizations[; or

(2) The program developed under subsection (d) of this section].

[(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, upon
implementation of the program under subsection (d) of this section, an individual