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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 628
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Approved by the Governor, May 17, 2007.
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CHAPTER 629
(House Bill 847)
AN ACT concerning
Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations
- Registration and Regulation
FOR the purpose of providing for the regulation by the Maryland Insurance
Commissioner of certain discount medical plan organizations and discount drug
plan organizations; requiring the registration of certain entities as discount
medical plan organizations or discount drug plan organizations; providing for
the application and renewal process for registration; authorizing the
Commissioner to deny a registration or refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a
registration under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain actions by a
discount medical plan organization and discount drug plan organization;
requiring certain disclosures to be made by discount medical plan organizations
and discount drug plan organizations; requiring certain reimbursement if
membership in a discount medical plan or discount drug plan is canceled under
certain circumstances; requiring the Commissioner, in consultation with the
Office of the Attorney General, to adopt regulations that establish standards for
determining a certain fee; requiring that certain information appear on certain
discount cards each discount medical plan organization and each discount drug
plan organization to provide to a plan member a discount card that includes, at
a minimum, certain data elements: requiring a discount medical plan
organization or discount drug plan organization to reissue a discount card under
certain circumstances; authorizing the examination of discount medical plan
organizations and discount drug plan organizations under certain
circumstances; authorizing the Commissioner to take certain actions to enforce
certain provisions of law; providing for certain penalties; providing for the
payment of the examinations; requiring an insurer, nonprofit health service
plan, health maintenance organization, or dental plan organization to meet
certain requirements; requiring the Commissioner to adopt certain regulations;
defining certain terms; providing for the application of this Act; and generally
relating to discount medical plan organizations and discount drug plan
organizations.
BY adding to
Article - Health — General
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