ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 357

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Insurance

Section 14-102, 14-106, 14-107, 14-109 through 14-111, 14-115, 14-116(a),

14-126(a), 14-133(c), 14-139, and 14-504(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Insurance

Section 14-116(b) and (c) and 14-504(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Insurance

Section 14-116(f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2002 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - State Government

Section 2-10A-08

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 6.5-203(h)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, Maryland's Blue Cross Plan was created by statute in 1937 as a
charitable and benevolent organization for the benefit and common good of the
community as a whole; and

WHEREAS, Maryland's Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans were consolidated
into a single nonprofit corporation in 1985 to create Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Maryland, Inc.; and

WHEREAS, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland, Inc., merged with Group
Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc., in 1997, and CareFirst, Inc., was formed
as a holding company; and

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