Section 27-913 – Discrimination in Specified Diseases or Diagnoses Prohibited
(a) This section applies to: (1) insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups on an expense-incurred basis under health insurance policies or contracts that are issued or delivered in the State; and (2) health maintenance organizations that provide hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups under […]
Section 27-914 – Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data; Nondiscrimination
(a) This section does not apply to life insurance policies, annuity contracts, long–term care insurance policies, or disability insurance policies. (b) An insurer that provides health insurance, a nonprofit health service plan, or a health maintenance organization may not use race or ethnicity data to reject, deny, limit, cancel, refuse to renew, increase the rates of, affect […]
Section 27-915 – Coverage for Organ Transplantation — Individual With Disability
(a) In this section, “organ transplantation” means the transplantation or transfusion of a human body part into the body of another individual for the purpose of treating or curing a medical condition. (b) This section applies to: (1) insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide coverage for organ transplantation to individuals or groups on an expense–incurred basis […]
Section 27-1001 – Actions Under 3-1701 of the Courts Article
(a) In this section, “good faith” means an informed judgment based on honesty and diligence supported by evidence the insurer knew or should have known at the time the insurer made a decision on a claim. (b) This section applies only to actions under § 3–1701 of the Courts Article. (c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of […]
Section 28-101 – Definitions
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Areas under Nazi influence” means the country of Nazi Germany, areas occupied by Nazi Germany, those European countries allied with Nazi Germany, areas occupied by those European countries allied with Nazi Germany, or any other neutral European country or area in Europe under the influence […]
Section 28-102 – Toll-Free Telephone Number
The Commissioner shall arrange for a toll-free telephone number, available in English as well as other appropriate languages, to assist any person seeking to recover proceeds from an insurance policy issued to or covering the life or property of a Holocaust victim.
Section 28-103 – Investigation of Claims; Unfair or Deceptive Practices; Notice of Investigations; Intentional Destruction or Alteration of Records
(a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this title, any insurer authorized to do insurance business in the State, in receipt of a claim against it arising from an occurrence during the period between January 1, 1929, and December 31, 1945, from an individual that the insurer knows, or reasonably should have known, is a Holocaust victim […]
Section 28-104 – Civil Practice
(a) Notwithstanding any law or agreement among the parties to an insurance policy to the contrary, any action arising from an occurrence during the period between January 1, 1929, and December 31, 1945, brought by a Holocaust victim seeking proceeds of an insurance policy issued to or covering the life or property of a Holocaust victim […]
Section 28-105 – Insurer Reporting Requirements
(a) (1) If directed to do so by the Commissioner, an insurer authorized to do insurance business in the State shall file or cause its holding company to file with the Commissioner, a report setting forth the insurer’s plan for complying with this title. (2) Each insurer that has determined that it does not have any of the […]
Section 27-905 – Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance — Billing Statements
(a) An insurer may not send a billing statement to a policyholder under a policy or contract of motor vehicle liability insurance unless the billing statement includes a date by which any payment due under the billing statement must be received by the insurer for the insurance coverage to continue without penalty. (b) An insurer may not […]