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Ch. 410
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(3) make election notification forms available to each employer whose
employees are covered by a group contract.
(h) Notice of the availability of continuation coverage under this section shall
be provided by:
(1) the employer; and
(2) the Secretary of Business and Economic Development as specified in
§ 8-805(c) of the Labor and Employment Article.
(i) An employer that fails to provide notice or an election notification form
under this section is not liable to the insured or any other covered individual for
benefits that otherwise would have been payable or for other damages that result
from the failure to provide the notice or form.
(j) An employer that terminates continuation coverage after notice or
nonpayment of an amount required under subsection (d)(2) of this section by the
insured or other covered individual, or an insurer that terminates continuation
coverage after notice by the employer, is not liable to the insured or other covered
individual for benefits that otherwise would have been payable under this section if
the termination:
(1) is made in good faith;
(2) is reasonable under the circumstances; and
(3) is not the result of a mutual or material mistake of fact.
(k) This section does not affect or limit the right of an insured to conversion
privileges under a group contract.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the benefits required
under this Act shall be available to eligible individuals on and after the effective date
of this Act, notwithstanding any policy or benefit statement to the contrary.
SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2002.
Approved May 6, 2002.
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CHAPTER 410
(House Bill 1172)
AN ACT concerning
Higher Education - Teaching Assistants - Eligibility for the Maryland
Teacher Scholarship Program
FOR the purpose of making certain teaching assistants eligible for the Maryland
Teacher Scholarship program; expanding the eligibility and renewability
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