CHAPTER 659
(House Bill 729)

AN ACT concerning

Group Life Insurance

FOR the purpose of altering certain general requirements relating to issuance of
policies of group life insurance; altering the groups of individuals who are
eligible for insurance under certain policies of group life insurance; altering the
requirements relating to funds from which the premium for certain policies of
group life insurance must be paid; authorizing an insurer to exclude or limit
coverage on certain individuals; altering certain requirements for policies of
group life insurance covering spouses and minor children; providing for a certain
condition on the conversion of certain life insurance policies from group to
individual under certain circumstances; providing for the extension of a certain
conversion period under certain circumstances; making stylistic and clarifying
changes; and generally relating to policies of group life insurance.

BY repealing

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Section 17-101, 17-201, 17-202, 17-203, 17-204, and 17-206
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY adding to

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Section 17-101, 17-201, 17-202, 17-203, 17-204, and 17-206

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
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Section 17-205, 17-207, 17-208, and 17-209 17-209, 17-304, and 17-309

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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[17-101.

(a) A policy of life insurance that insures the lives of more than one individual
may not be delivered in the State unless the policy:

(1) is delivered to a group described in Subtitle 2 of this title; and