(a) The Pool shall manage and invest all money collected by or on behalf of the Pool through premium charges, assessments, earnings from investments, or otherwise, through a financial management committee composed of the Executive Director and two members of the Board.
(b) All operating expenses of the Pool shall be paid from funds collected by or on behalf of the Pool.
(c) The account of the Pool is a special fund account and the money in the account is not part of the General Fund of the State.
(d) The State may not provide General Fund appropriations to the Pool and the obligations of the Pool are not a debt of the State or a pledge of the credit of the State.
(e) All debts, claims, obligations, and liabilities of the Pool, whenever incurred, shall be the debts, claims, obligations, and liabilities of the Pool only and not of the State or the State’s agencies, instrumentalities, officers, or employees.
(f) The Pool is exempt from:
(1) taxation by the State and local government;
(2) the general procurement law provisions of Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article; and
(3) Division I of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 12 - Maryland Health Insurance Reform Act
Section 15-1202 - Scope of Subtitle
Section 15-1204 - Requirements and Limitations for Carriers
Section 15-1205 - Premium Rates for Health Benefit Plans
Section 15-1206 - Miscellaneous Operations Requirements for Carriers
Section 15-1207 - Comprehensive Standard Health Benefit Plan and Modified Plans
Section 15-1208 - Applicability of 15-508
Section 15-1208.1 - Special Enrollment Periods in Small Employer Health Benefit Plans
Section 15-1208.2 - Annual Open Enrollment Periods for Small Employers
Section 15-1209 - Issuance of Health Benefit Plans
Section 15-1210 - Offering of Coverage by Carriers
Section 15-1211 - Approval of Proposed Health Benefit Plans
Section 15-1212 - Renewal of Health Benefit Plans
Section 15-1213 - Benefits Additional to Standard Plan
Section 15-1214 - Reimbursement of Hospitals
Section 15-1215 - Election to Become Risk-Assuming Carrier or Reinsuring Carrier
Section 15-1216 - Small Employer Health Reinsurance Pool
Section 15-1217 - Requirements for Plan of Operation; Powers of Board
Section 15-1219 - Premiums for Reinsurance
Section 15-1220 - Management of Pool Money
Section 15-1221 - Assessments to Recoup Losses by Pool
Section 15-1222 - Reports; Audits
Section 15-1223 - Immunity of Pool and Reinsuring Carriers