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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="15-102.5" title_number="15" title_name="Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Medical and Pharmacy Assistance Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to § 15–103.1(dd) of this subtitle, a health maintenance organization that requires its panel providers to participate in a managed care organization shall establish a mechanism, subject to review by the Secretary, which provides for equitable distribution of enrollees and which ensures that a provider will not be assigned a disproportionate number of enrollees.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Nothing in this section may be interpreted as prohibiting a provider from voluntarily accepting additional enrollees.</text>
  </level>
</section>
