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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 571
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Section 4-217(f) and (g)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY repealing
Article - Insurance
Section 14-301 through 14-307, inclusive, and the subtitle "Subtitle 3.
Maryland Group Health Insurance Plan"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Volume and 2001 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
4-217.
(f) [The Secretary shall include with every copy of a death certificate, in a
form prescribed by the Insurance Commissioner, a notice which advises that certain
individuals may be entitled to become members of the Maryland Group Health
Insurance Plan under Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the Insurance Article.
(g)] A person may use a photocopy of a birth, death, fetal death, or marriage
certificate for any nonfraudulent and nondeceptive purpose.
Article - Insurance
[Subtitle 3. Maryland Group Health Insurance Plan.
14-301.
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) "Group contract" means:
(1) a contract or policy that is issued or delivered in the State to ah
employer by an insurer or nonprofit health service plan and that provides group
hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to employees of the employer on an
expense-incurred basis; or
(2) a contract between an employer and a health maintenance
organization certified under Title 19, Subtitle 7 of the Health - General Article that
provides group hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to employees of the employer.
(c) "Plan" means the Maryland Group Health Insurance Plan.
(d) "Qualified beneficiary" means:
(1) an individual who is divorced or widowed or a dependent child of an
individual who is divorced or widowed; or
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