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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 283
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duration to be eligible for certain in vitro fertilization health insurance benefits
does not apply if the infertility is. associated with abnormal male factors
contributing to the infertility; requiring that certain benefits be provided to
certain extents; decreasing the duration of time for which certain individuals
must have a history of infertility in order to be eligible for certain in vitro
fertilization health insurance benefits; authorizing certain insurers, nonprofit
health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to limit coverage for
certain in vitro fertilization benefits; providing for an exclusion from certain
required coverage under certain circumstances; providing for the application of
this Act; and generally relating to coverage of benefits for in vitro fertilization.
BY adding to
Article - Health - General
Section 19-706(nn)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Insurance
Section 15-810
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
19-706.
(NN) THE PROVISIONS OF § 15-810 OF THE INSURANCE ARTICLE APPLY TO
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
Article - Insurance
15-810.
(a) This section applies to:
(1) INSURERS AND NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICE PLANS THAT PROVIDE
HOSPITAL, MEDICAL, OR SURGICAL BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS ON AN
EXPENSE-INCURRED BASIS UNDER HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES THAT ARE ISSUED
OR DELIVERED IN THE STATE; AND
(2) HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HOSPITAL,
MEDICAL, OR SURGICAL BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS UNDER CONTRACTS
THAT ARE ISSUED OR DELIVERED IN THE STATE.
(1) each individual hospital or major medical insurance policy of an
insurer that:
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