Small business health benefit plans, standard plan rate cap
reduced, disclosure requirements added for offering additional
benefits, and report required on administrative costs; report
required on standard plan development methodology and
feasibility of creating a basic plan ................................................
State's Retiree Health Insurance Liabilities, Task Force to Study,
final reporting date extended ........................................................
Transit Administration pension plan retirees, added to list of
retirees eligible for health insurance benefits .............................
Health Maintenance Organizations —
See also Managed Care Organizations
Access to Mental Health Services, Task Force to Study,
established; report required ..........................................................
Certified nurse practitioners, selection as member's primary care
provider, provisions added .............................................................
Definition of "covered service" revised to include referral or
preauthorization requirements, with an exception for trauma
care rendered in a trauma center; collection from enrollee by
health care provider, provisions altered .......................................
Managed behavioral health care organizations, disclosure,
reporting, and record keeping requirements for health insurer
or health maintenance organization that contracts with,
provisions altered ...........................................................................
Mandated health insurance services, evaluation and report by
Maryland Health Care Commission, requirements altered........
Mastectomy or surgical removal of testicle, insurance coverage
requirements for home visits following procedure, termination
date extended ..................................................................................
Medical clinical trials for which health insurance coverage is
provided, reporting requirements repealed ..................................
Nonprofit health service plans, mission plan, board of directors
composition, salaries, and duties, and other criteria required to
maintain favorable tax treatment, provisions altered and added;
Joint Nonprofit Health Service Plan Oversight Committee
established; reports required .........................................................
Pharmacy benefit manager registered as a private review agent,
examination requirements added; reports required ....................
Providers on provider panel, provision of list and other
information to enrollees and prospective enrollees, requirements
altered .............................................................................................
Short-Term Prescription Drug Subsidy Plan, limitation on
enrollment altered ..........................................................................
- 4056 -
INDEX
4
|
13
|
93
|
1210
|
230
|
2014
|
62
|
1144
|
224
|
1971
|
261
|
2173
|
461
|
3106
|
440
|
3002
|
323
|
2400
|
437
|
2998
|
59
|
1139
|
15
|
834
|
356
|
2474
|
357
|
2527
|
295
|
2267
|
259
|
2164
|
3
|
12
|
|