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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 627
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Chapter 287 of the Acts of 2004
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before January 1,
2008, the Maryland Health Care Commission shall submit to the Governor and, in
accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Finance
Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee, a report
that includes:
(a) for the periods July 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005, January 1, 2006
through December 31, 2006, and January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007, data on:
(1) the number of carriers offering Limited Health Benefit Plan
policies in the State;
(2) the number of Limited Health Benefit Plan policies sold in the
State;
(3) the number of eligible employees covered under the policies;
(4) the average age, geographic area, and average wage of each
employer group covered under the policies; and
(5) the impact of the Limited Health Benefit Plan on the small group
health insurance market and the population of uninsured individuals in the State;
[and]
(b) recommendations on continuing or expanding the availability of the
Limited Health Benefit Plan in the small group health insurance market; AND
(C) ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE OPTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN
THE LIMITED HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:
(a) the Maryland Health Care Commission shall include in the next
workload distribution study required under § 19-111(d) of the Health - General
Article:
(1) the extent to which health care providers that are not currently
subject to a user fee assessment utilize Commission resources; and
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(2) the feasibility and desirability of extending a user fee to additional
types of providers regulated by the Commission; and
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