<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-705" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Health Maintenance Organizations">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary may adopt rules, regulations, and standards for the quality of health care services provided by a health maintenance organization through its benefit packages.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>With the advice of the Department, the Commissioner shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations as necessary to carry out any other provisions of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner and the Department shall adopt joint internal procedures to help them work together to carry out their duties under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The joint internal procedures shall establish means by which the Commissioner and the Department may inform each other promptly on matters that affect any health maintenance organization, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any important action, change, or rearrangement that a health maintenance organization may undertake; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any regulatory problem.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
