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§ 15-1213. Benefits offered in addition to Standard Plan

West's Annotated Code of MarylandInsuranceEffective: April 9, 2024

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Insurance (Refs & Annos)
Title 15. Health Insurance
Subtitle 12. Maryland Health Insurance Reform Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: April 9, 2024
MD Code, Insurance, § 15-1213
§ 15-1213. Benefits offered in addition to Standard Plan
Application of section
(a) This section does not apply to any insurance enumerated in § 15-1201(i)(3)(i) through (xiii) of this subtitle.
Increased access to care choices or lower cost-sharing arrangements
(b) Each benefit offered in addition to the Standard Plan that increases access to care choices or lowers the cost-sharing arrangement in the Standard Plan is subject to all of the provisions of this subtitle applicable to the Standard Plan, including:
(1) guaranteed issuance;
(2) guaranteed renewal; and
(3) adjusted community rating.
Increase in type of services available or frequency of services
(c)(1) Each benefit offered in addition to the Standard Plan that increases the type of services available or the frequency of services is not subject to guaranteed issuance but is subject to all other provisions of this subtitle applicable to the Standard Plan, including:
(i) guaranteed renewal; and
(ii) adjusted community rating.
(2) For each additional benefit offered under this subsection, a carrier shall accept or reject the application of the entire group.
(3) The Commissioner may prohibit a carrier from offering an additional benefit under this subsection if the Commissioner finds that the additional benefit will be sold in conjunction with the Standard Plan in a manner designed to promote risk selection or underwriting practices otherwise prohibited by this subtitle.
Application of section to grandfathered plans
(d) Beginning January 1, 2014, this section applies only to grandfathered health plans as defined in § 1251 of the Affordable Care Act.

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Added by Acts 1997, c. 35, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2000, c. 15, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2000, c. 16, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2004, c. 287, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2009, c. 577, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, c. 578, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2013, c. 368, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2024, c. 47, § 1, eff. April 9, 2024.
Formerly Art. 48A, § 704.
MD Code, Insurance, § 15-1213, MD INSURANCE § 15-1213
Current through legislation effective through April 25, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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