ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

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(c)      The purpose of the Plan is to decrease uncompensated care costs by
providing access to affordable, comprehensive health benefits for medically
uninsurable residents of the State by July 1, 2003.

(d)     It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Plan operate as a
nonprofit entity and that Fund revenue, to the extent consistent with good business
practices, be used to subsidize health insurance coverage for medically uninsurable
individuals.

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(a)     There is a Board for the Plan.

(b)     The Plan shall operate subject to the supervision and control of the Board.

(c)      The Board consists of [five] SEVEN members, of whom:

(1)     one shall be the Commissioner;

(2)     one shall be the Executive Director of the Maryland Health Care
Commission;

(3)     one shall be the Executive Director of the Health Services Cost
Review Commission;

(4)     one shall be the Secretary of the Department of Budget and
Management; [and]

(5)     one shall be appointed by the Director of the Health, Education, and
Advocacy Unit in the Office of the Attorney General in accordance with subsection (d)
of this section;

(6)  ONE SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF APPOINTED BY THE
COMMISSIONER TO REPRESENT CARRIERS OPERATING IN THE STATE; AND

(7)  ONE SHALL BE AN INSURANCE PRODUCER APPOINTED BY THE
COMMISSIONER TO REPRESENT INSURANCE PRODUCERS SELLING INSURANCE IN
THE STATE.

(d)     (1) The Board member appointed under subsection (c)(5) of this section
shall be a consumer who does not have a substantial financial interest in a person
regulated under this article or under Title 19, Subtitle 7 of the Health - General
Article.

(2)     The term of [the] A consumer member AND A MEMBER APPOINTED
BY THE COMMISSIONER is 4 years.

(3)     At the end of a term, [the] A consumer member AND A MEMBER
APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER [continues] CONTINUE to serve until a successor
is appointed and qualifies.

(4)      [The] A consumer member AND A MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE
COMMISSIONER who [is] ARE appointed after a term has begun [serves] SERVE only
for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

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