WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 628

CHAPTER 628
(House Bill 1017)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Coverage for Dependents of Employees

FOR the purpose of providing that, to be covered under certain health benefit plans
offered by a carrier, certain employers must agree to offer health care coverage to
any dependents of an employee and agree to collect premium payments from the
employee through payroll deductions and transmit those premium payments to the
carrier; requiring carriers to include the requirements of this Act in their sales and
solicitation literature; applying the changes under this Act to the small employer
insurance market, and, if certain contingencies occur, to the large employer
insurance market to the extent that the State may regulate those employers; and
generally relating to the offering of insurance benefits to dependents of certain
employees in the State.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 48A - Insurance Code
Section 698A

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
(As enacted by Section 2 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 48A - Insurance Code
Section 703(c) and 704
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
(As enacted by Section 2 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-7060)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
(As enacted by Section 2 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 48A - Insurance Code
Section 703(c) and 704
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
(As enacted by Section 3 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993)

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