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Ch. 468
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Insurance
Section 19-401(a) 19-401
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-410
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments.
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-404(g) and 9-405(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Insurance
119-401.
(a) An insurer that provides workers' compensation insurance in the State
shall have in the State an office run by a competent individual[: who handles], TO
HANDLE all [of the] CONTESTED workers' compensation [work] CLAIMS in the State
for the insurer.
(b) (1) A person that violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
(2) The Commissioner may revoke the certificate of authority of a person
that is convicted under this section.]
Article - Labor and Employment
9-410.
(A) AN INSURER THAT PROVIDES WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE IN
THE STATE SHALL HAVE IN THE STATE AN OFFICE RUN BY A COMPETENT
INDIVIDUAL WHO HANDLES ALL OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION WORK IN THE
STATE FOR THE INSURER
(B) AN INSURER THAT PROVIDES WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE IN
THE STATE, SHALL ESTABLISH A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER THROUGH
WHICH AN INSURED OR CLAIMANT, OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN INSURED OR
CLAIMANT, MAY MAKE DIRECT TELEPHONE INQUIRIES DURING REGULAR BUSINESS
HOURS.
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