2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

MARYLAND, Sct.:

At a Session of the General Assembly of Maryland, begun and held in the City of
Annapolis on the Eighth Day of January 2003, and ending on the Seventh Day of
April 2003, Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., being Governor of the State, the following laws
were enacted, to wit:

CHAPTER 1
(House Bill 803)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Health Insurance Plan and Senior Prescription Drug Program -

Modifications and Clarifications

FOR the purpose of altering the responsibilities of the Health Services Cost Review
Commission with respect to funding for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan;
clarifying the fiscal year used in calculating the funding for the Plan;
authorizing the Board of Directors for the Maryland Health Insurance Plan to
allow the Plan administrator to use premiums collected from enrollees to pay
certain claims; requiring the administrator to deposit premiums in a certain
account and to keep certain records; requiring the administrator, under certain
circumstances, to deposit a certain amount in the Maryland Health Insurance
Plan Fund; clarifying a certain limitation on the amount the administrator must
deposit in the Fund; authorizing the Board to make a certain adjustment under
certain circumstances; authorizing premiums collected for the Senior
Prescription Drug Program to be deposited into a certain account; making this
Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to the Maryland Health
Insurance Plan and Senior Prescription Drug Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-219(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Insurance

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from
the law by amendment.
Italics indicate opposite chamber / conference committee amendments.

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