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INDEX
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Chapter
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Page
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Children and Families Health Care Program, administration
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through employer sponsored or individual health benefit plans,
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requirements repealed; schedule and method of collection of
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family contribution premium, provisions altered; expansion
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beyond current eligibility levels, study required .........................
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381
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2554
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Chlamydia screening tests, mandated coverage provisions added .
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57
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997
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Clinical trials involving life-threatening conditions, coverage
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requirements expanded..................................................................
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145
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1670
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146
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1673
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Discrimination on basis of genetic information prohibited;
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disclosure of genetic information or genetic test results,
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provisions altered................................................................................
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50
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436
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51
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439
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Emergency medical response and transportation systems in
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competition with or in substitution of the 911 emergency
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medical services system or other public system, establishment
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or promotion by health insurers and health maintenance
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organizations, provisions added; prior authorization for 911
system use, prohibited...................................................................
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268
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2012
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Extension of insurance benefits after coverage terminates,
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provisions added .............................................................................
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139
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1656
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External complaints and internal grievance process, expansion of
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types of carriers who are exempt from requirements, and
application to individuals under plans delivered or issued in
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another state who live or work in Maryland, provisions added .
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593
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3393
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Health Care Commission, formed from consolidation of Health
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Resources Planning Commission (abolished) and Health Care
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Access and Cost Commission (renamed); Health Care
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Commission Fund, established and supported by user fees;
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advisory committees authorized; reports required ......................
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702
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3817
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Holocaust victims, recovery of insurance policy proceeds,
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provisions added.............................................................................
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117
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1144
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Impairment of contract or employment of health care provider who
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refuses to agree to transfer of contract to insurer that offers
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mandated personal injury protection under motor vehicle
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liability insurance policy, prohibited.............................................
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698
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3809
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Managed behavioral health care organizations, notice to members
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and filing of mental health expense ratio, requirements added;
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Task Force to Develop Performance Quality Measures for
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Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations, established ...
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579
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3342
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Mandated health insurance services, determination of cost and
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evaluation of impact by Health Care Access and Cost
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Commission, provisions added; report requirements added ......
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582
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3353
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Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority employees and
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retirees, participation in State employee and retiree health and
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welfare benefits program, provisions added ................................
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73
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1055
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Not-for-profit organizations participating in the State Employee
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and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, payment of
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costs resulting from participation, provisions altered.................
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63
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1014
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