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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="14-121" title_number="14" title_name="Entities That Act as Health Insurers" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Nonprofit Health Service Plans">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before March 1 of each year, unless the Commissioner extends the time for good cause, each nonprofit health service plan shall file with the Commissioner a complete statement of its financial condition, transactions, and affairs for the immediately preceding calendar year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual statement shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be in the form and have the content approved for current use by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or its successor organization; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>contain any additional information that the Commissioner requires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The applicable fee required by § 2–112 of this article shall be submitted at the same time as the statement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Unless the Commissioner extends the time for filing, a nonprofit health service plan that fails to file an annual statement on or before March 10 shall pay a penalty of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$100 for each day from March 1 to March 10, both inclusive; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$150 for each day from March 11 to the day before the Commissioner receives the statement, both inclusive.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At any time, the Commissioner may require a nonprofit health service plan doing business in the State to file an interim statement containing the information that the Commissioner considers necessary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, on or before June 1 of each year, a nonprofit health service plan shall file with the Commissioner an audited financial report for the immediately preceding calendar year.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The nonprofit health service plan shall have the audited financial report prepared by an independent certified public accountant.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Commissioner may:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>set requirements for the form and content of the audited financial report; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for good cause, extend the time for filing the audited financial report.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>With 90 days’ advance notice, the Commissioner may require a nonprofit health service plan to file an audited financial report earlier than the date specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>This paragraph does not apply to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a health maintenance organization required to file an annual report under § 19–717 of the Health – General Article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>an authorized insurer required to file an annual report under § 4–116 of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>On or before June 1 of each year, a nonprofit health service plan shall file with the Commissioner an audited financial report for each affiliate and subsidiary owned by or under the control of the nonprofit health service plan during the immediately preceding calendar year.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Commissioner may, for good cause, extend the time for filing the audited financial reports.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The audited financial reports:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>shall contain the information required by the Commissioner; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>be certified by an independent certified public accountant as to the financial condition, transactions, and affairs of each affiliate and subsidiary for the immediately preceding calendar year.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>As part of the audited financial reports required under subsection (c)(3) of this section, each nonprofit health service plan shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>file a consolidated financial statement that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>covers the nonprofit health service plan and each of its affiliates and subsidiaries; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>consists of the financial statements of the nonprofit health service plan and each of its affiliates and subsidiaries, certified by an independent certified public accountant as to the financial condition, transactions, and affairs of the plan and its affiliates and subsidiaries for the immediately preceding calendar year;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide a list of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the names and addresses of and biographical information about the members of the board of directors of the nonprofit health service plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the total compensation, including all cash and deferred compensation in addition to salary, of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>each member of the board of directors of the nonprofit health service plan;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>each officer of the nonprofit health service plan or any affiliate or subsidiary of the plan; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>any employee of the nonprofit health service plan or any affiliate or subsidiary of the plan designated by the Commissioner; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide any other information or documents necessary for the Commissioner to ensure compliance with this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Unless the Commissioner extends the time for filing, a nonprofit health service plan that fails to file an audited financial report on or before June 10 shall pay a penalty of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$100 for each day from June 1 to June 10, both inclusive; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$150 for each day from June 11 to the day before the Commissioner receives the report, both inclusive.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The statements and reports required under this section shall be in the form required by the Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Whenever a corporation authorized under this subtitle makes a change that would result in a change in any of the information required under subsection (d) of this section, the corporation shall notify the Commissioner within 30 days after the change becomes effective.</text>
  </level>
</section>
