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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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S.B. 801
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This bill simplifies the method for determining eligibility in the small group
insurance market.
House Bill 649, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May
11, 2000, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign
Senate Bill 801.
Sincerely,
Parris N. Glendening
Governor
Senate Bill No. 801
AN ACT concerning
Health Insurance - Small Group Market - Eligibility Requirements
FOR the purpose of altering certain criteria for determining when a person is
considered a small employer for purposes of small group market health
insurance; altering certain criteria for determining when an employee is
considered to be an eligible employee; eliminating' certain self employed
individuals from being considered email employers; altering certain minimum
participation requirements; providing for a certain health benefit-plan with a
high deductible; authorizing a carrier to impose a preexisiting condition
provision under certain circumstances; altering certain definitions; requiring
the Maryland Health Care Commission to submit a certain report to the
Economic Matters Committee and the Finance Committee on or before a certain
date; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to study the feasibility
and desirability of developing a high deductible health benefit plan for small
employers; requiring the Department of Budget and Management to conduct a
certain study on the feasibility and cost and benefit to the State of creating
certain tax incentives and to report its findings to the General Assembly on or
before a certain date; requiring that a carrier renew the health benefit plan of
certain small employers that satisfied certain criteria on a certain date; and
generally relating to eligibility of small employers and employees under small
group market health insurance.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Insurance
Section 15-1201(e) and (g), 15-1207(a), 15-1208, and 15-1210(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Insurance
Section 15-1201(c) and (g), 15-1203, and 15-1206(c), 15-1207(a), 15-1208, and
15-1210(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
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