§ 15-101 Scope of title
§ 15-102 Third-party ownership of policies
§ 15-103 Simplified language required
§ 15-104 Nonduplication and coordination provisions in policies
§ 15-105 Coverage information about breast implants
§ 15-106 Home medical equipment
§ 15-107 Notice to pharmacies of change in pharmaceutical benefits
§ 15-108 Record keeping procedures
§ 15-109 Minimum loss ratio for specified disease policies
§ 15-110 Prohibited referrals
§ 15-111 Assessment of fees on payors
§ 15-112 Provider panels
§ 15-112.1 Carriers and credentialing intermediaries; uniform credentialing form
§ 15-112.2 Provider contract
§ 15-112.3 Multi-carrier common online provider directory information system
§ 15-113 Compensation of health care practitioners or set of health care practitioners
§ 15-114 Dental plans
§ 15-115 Provider participation in managed care organizations
§ 15-116 Communication of information by health care providers
§ 15-117 Indemnification of insurers and nonprofit health service plans
§ 15-118 Coinsurance payments for health care services
§ 15-119 Uniform consultation referral forms – In general
§ 15-120 Uniform consultation referral forms – Regulations
§ 15-121 Disclosures required in enrollment sales materials
§ 15-122 Notice of renewal of health benefit plan
§ 15-122.1 Disbursement of advance directive information sheet by carriers
§ 15-123 Emerging medical and surgical treatments
§ 15-124 Group health insurers – Enrollment of minors
§ 15-125 Restrictions on assigning, transferring, or subcontracting contracts
§ 15-126 Access to 911 emergency system
§ 15-127 Distribution of information by carrier owning or contracting with managed behavioral health care organizations
§ 15-129 Stop-loss insurance policies
§ 15-130 Health insurance benefit card, prescription benefit card, etc
§ 15-130.1
§ 15-131 Electronic reimbursement
§ 15-132 Incentives to health care providers
§ 15-133 Annual report
§ 15-134 Effect of federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Maryland plans
§ 15-135 Covered benefits for annual preventive care
§ 15-135.1 Dental preventive care coverage
§ 15-136 Bonus payments to primary care providers
§ 15-138 Direct reimbursement of ambulance service provider
§ 15-139 Coverage for services delivered through telehealth
§ 15-140 Provisions for Marylanders transitioning between carriers and between carriers and State programs
§ 15-141 Communications between carriers and enrollees – Confidentiality
§ 15-142 Step therapy or fail-first protocol
§ 15-142 v2 Step therapy or fail-first protocol
§ 15-143 Compensation agreements arrangements under federally approved programs and models
§ 15-144 Compliance with Health Parity Act
§ 15-145 Health savings account – high deductible health plan
§ 15-146 Blanket health insurance

Terms Used In Maryland Code > INSURANCE > Title 15 > Subtitle 1 - General Provisions

  • Administrator: includes an executor and a personal representative. See
  • Adult: means an individual at least 18 years old. See
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.