# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 19. Health Care Facilities

### Subtitle 7. Health Maintenance Organizations

#### Section 19-709

(a) When a health maintenance organization files its initial application for a certificate of authority to operate, it shall pay to the Commissioner a fee of $300.

(b) In addition to the fee required under subsection (a) of this section, each health maintenance organization shall pay a reasonable sum that the Commissioner finds to be the cost of the investigations made by the Commissioner and the Department as required under this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)