(a) This section applies to:
(1) each health insurer;
(2) each nonprofit health service plan;
(3) each health maintenance organization; and
(4) each managed care organization, as defined in § 15–101 of the Health – General Article.
(b) Each entity subject to this section shall provide to each insured, subscriber, or enrollee of a policy or contract that meets the definition of minimum essential coverage, as described in 26 C.F.R. § 1.5000a–2, a health insurance benefit card, prescription benefit card, or other technology that indicates which State agency regulates, in whole or in part, the policy or contract offered by the entity by:
(1) for an entity subject to the Administration, displaying “MIA” prominently; or
(2) for an entity subject to the Maryland Department of Health, displaying “MDH” prominently.
(c) This section may not be construed to preclude an entity subject to this section from including:
(1) any other information required to be included under this article; or
(2) any information that is in addition to the information required under this section.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Section 15-101 - Scope of Title
Section 15-102 - Third-Party Ownership of Policies
Section 15-103 - Simplified Language Required
Section 15-104 - Nonduplication and Coordination Provisions in Policies
Section 15-105 - Coverage Information About Breast Implants
Section 15-106 - Home Medical Equipment
Section 15-107 - Notice to Pharmacies of Change in Pharmaceutical Benefits
Section 15-108 - Record Keeping Procedures
Section 15-109 - Minimum Loss Ratio for Specified Disease Policies
Section 15-110 - Prohibited Referrals
Section 15-111 - Assessment of Fees on Payors
Section 15-112 - Provider Panels
Section 15-112.1 - Carriers and Credentialing Intermediaries; Uniform Credentialing Form
Section 15-112.2 - Provider Contract
Section 15-112.3 - Multi-Carrier Common Online Provider Directory Information System
Section 15-113 - Compensation of Health Care Practitioners or Set of Health Care Practitioners
Section 15-115 - Provider Participation in Managed Care Organizations
Section 15-116 - Communication of Information by Health Care Providers
Section 15-117 - Indemnification of Insurers and Nonprofit Health Service Plans
Section 15-118 - Coinsurance Payments for Health Care Services
Section 15-119 - Uniform Consultation Referral Forms -- in General
Section 15-120 - Uniform Consultation Referral Forms -- Regulations
Section 15-121 - Disclosures Required in Enrollment Sales Materials
Section 15-122 - Notice of Renewal of Health Benefit Plan
Section 15-122.1 - Disbursement of Advance Directive Information Sheet by Carriers
Section 15-123 - Emerging Medical and Surgical Treatments
Section 15-124 - Group Health Insurers -- Enrollment of Minors
Section 15-125 - Restrictions on Assigning, Transferring, or Subcontracting Contracts
Section 15-126 - Access to 911 Emergency System
Section 15-129 - Stop-Loss Insurance Policies
Section 15-130 - Health Insurance Benefit Card, Prescription Benefit Card, Etc
Section 15-130.1 - Health Insurance Benefit Cards, Prescription Benefit Cards, and Other Technology
Section 15-131 - Electronic Reimbursement
Section 15-132 - Incentives to Health Care Providers
Section 15-133 - Annual Report
Section 15-134 - Effect of Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Maryland Plans
Section 15-135 - Covered Benefits for Annual Preventive Care
Section 15-135.1 - Dental Preventive Care Coverage
Section 15-136 - Bonus Payments to Primary Care Providers
Section 15-138 - Direct Reimbursement of Ambulance Service Provider
Section 15-139 - Coverage for Services Delivered Through Telehealth
Section 15-141 - Communications Between Carriers and Enrollees -- Confidentiality
Section 15-142 - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocol
Section 15-143 - Compensation Agreements Arrangements Under Federally Approved Programs and Models
Section 15-145 - Definitions -- When Health Savings Account Established