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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-729" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Health Maintenance Organizations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A health maintenance organization may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Violate any provision of this subtitle or any rule or regulation adopted under it;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Fail to fulfill its obligations to provide the health care services specified in its contracts with subscribers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Make any false statement with respect to any report or statement required by this subtitle or by the Commissioner under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Advertise, merchandise, or attempt to merchandise its services in a way that misrepresents its services or capacity for service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Engage in a deceptive, misleading, unfair, or unauthorized practice as to advertising or merchandising;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Prevent or attempt to prevent the Commissioner or the Department from performing any duty imposed by this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Fraudulently obtain or fraudulently attempt to obtain any benefit under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Fail to fulfill the basic requirements to operate as a health maintenance organization as provided in § 19–710 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Violate any applicable provision of Title 15, Subtitle 12 of the Insurance Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Fail to provide services to a member in a timely manner as provided in § 19–705.1(b)(1) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Fail to comply with the provisions of Title 15, Subtitle 10A, 10B, 10C, or 10D or § 2–112.2 of the Insurance Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Violate any provision of § 19–712.5 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Violate any provision of Title 33 of the Insurance Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If any health maintenance organization violates this section, the Commissioner may pursue any one or more of the courses of action described in § 19-730 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
