(2) THE CO-PAYMENT OR COINSURANCE REQUIREMENT OR
DEDUCTIBLE IMPOSED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION MAY NOT BE
GREATER THAN THE CO-PAYMENT OR COINSURANCE REQUIREMENT OR
DEDUCTIBLE IMPOSED BY THE ENTITY FOR SIMILAR COVERAGES.

(E) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION MAY BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT AN ENTITY
SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION FROM PROVIDING COVERAGES THAT ARE GREATER THAN
OR MORE FAVORABLE TO AN INSURED OR ENROLLEE THAN THE COVERAGE
REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION.

Article - Health - General

19-706.

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

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall apply to all
policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State
on or after October 1, 1999. Any policy or health benefit plan in effect before October
1, 1999, shall comply with the provisions of this Act no later than October 1, 2000.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.

Approved April 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 58
(House Bill 47)

AN ACT concerning

Corporations - Dissolution - Filing Requirements

FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that a domestic corporation file
certifications that it has paid certain taxes and other obligations before filing
articles of dissolution; requiring that certain reports be filed before articles of
dissolution may be filed; repealing the requirement that a foreign corporation
must file certifications that it has paid all taxes before terminating its
registration or qualification; and requiring that certain reports be filed before a
certificate of termination of registration or qualification may be issued.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Corporations and Associations
Section 3-407 and 7-208
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)