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Adverse decision complaint or grievance, coverage, or appeal
decision complaints, carrier's burden of persuasion to prove
decision is correct at review conducted by administrative law
judge, provisions altered ................................................................
Affordability of private health insurance, studies and reports by
the Maryland Insurance Administration and Health Care
Commission, required ....................................................................
Collection of certain amounts by health care provider from a
Medicare enrollee that has secondary insurance coverage
through a health maintenance organization for provided
Medicare covered services, provisions added ...............................
Coverage for adult children who are full-time students,
notification to parents of impending loss of coverage and
provision of information about other available policies,
requirements added .......................................................................
Inducements in connection with health insurance contracts,
prohibitions made applicable to health maintenance
organizations ..................................................................................
Insurance coverage through the Maryland Health Insurance
Program for persons with HIV/AIDS who are currently
disqualified from participating, establishment of pilot program
and report, requirements added....................................................
Limited Health Benefit Plan, establishment for the small group
health insurance market by the Maryland Health Care
Commission, provisions added......................................................
Maryland Health Care Foundation, abolished and funds and
records transferred; Maryland Health Care Trust, provisions
codified and amended; transfer to Trust of fair value of assets of
acquired nonprofit health service plan, provisions added ..........
Maryland Health Insurance Plan -
Authorized to be the alternative to the standard coverage for
eligible individuals under the federal Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act ............................................
Enrollment limits, expansion of Fund revenue sources,
subsidization of premiums, deductibles, and other policy
expenses, and Board composition, provisions altered ..............
Modified health benefit plan for medical savings accounts,
provisions repealed.........................................................................
Morbid obesity, health insurance coverage for surgical treatment
of, provisions clarified and report required on denial of coverage;
Task Force to Study Utilization Review of the Surgical
Treatment of Morbid Obesity, established, and report required .
- 3537 -
INDEX
|
415
|
1498
|
|
93
|
442
|
|
94
|
445
|
|
278
|
1035
|
|
321
|
1220
|
|
363
|
1333
|
|
429
|
1679
|
|
287
|
1069
|
|
262
|
966
|
|
60
|
307
|
|
510
|
2403
|
|
386
|
1397
|
|
486
|
2254
|
|
