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Index to the Laws of Maryland
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Chapter Page
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Social Services Department director who previously was a
member of the county retirement system, election to
participate in either the county retirement system, with or
without receiving health benefits equal to county health
benefits, or the State pension system, provisions added............
Nonprofit health service plans, term limits and compensation of
board members, provisions altered..................................................
Personal responsibility for obtaining health care coverage, study and
report by Health Care Commission required..................................
Postretirement Health Benefits Trust Fund, funding, administrative
expenses, transfer of assets, payments from, adoption of trust
document and regulations, and compliance with Internal Revenue
Code, provisions altered and added.................................................
Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership, provisions
altered..............................................................................................
Rate discount to small employer for participation in a wellness
program, limits on rate adjustments to the community rate, and
reports on participation in small group market health benefit
plans, provisions added...................................................................
Request for referral to a nonphysician specialist who is not part of
carrier's provider panel, establishment of procedure by health
insurance carriers, requirements added...........................................
Retiree Health Care Funding Options, Blue Ribbon Commission to
Study, membership altered..............................................................
Self-employed individuals and sole proprietors, eligibility for
coverage in small group market, provisions altered........................
Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore, and Western Maryland Regional
Libraries, employee participation in the State employee and
retiree health insurance benefit options, provisions added.............
State Employees and Retirees -
Health insurance and prescription drug programs, reports
required......................................................................................
Health plan, appendix to the budget books providing an
accounting of associated revenues and expenditures,
requirements added....................................................................
State retiree health care, appropriation for future costs..................
Transfer of appropriations for health insurance costs between
State agencies, restriction on use of funds, and accounting
detail, provisions added.............................................................
Health Maintenance Organizations —
SEE ALSO Health Insurance; Managed Care Organizations
Analysis and examination of insurance entities and health
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455
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2704
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609
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3882
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613
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3898
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355
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2269
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28
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785
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29
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791
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600
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3839
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141
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1211
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142
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1215
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355
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2269
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59
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897
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129
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1174
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130
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1175
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487
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2851
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487
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3061
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487
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2994
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487
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3050
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