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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="14-602" title_number="14" title_name="Entities That Act as Health Insurers" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Discount Medical Plan Organizations and Discount Drug Plan Organizations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle does not apply to an insurer, nonprofit health service plan, health maintenance organization, or dental plan organization that holds a certificate of authority in this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An insurer, nonprofit health service plan, health maintenance organization, or dental plan organization shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>comply with §§ 14–606 through 14–611 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>notify the Commissioner in writing that it sells, markets, or solicits a discount medical plan or discount drug plan in the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>file annually with the Commissioner a current list of the persons, other than licensed insurance producers, who  are authorized to sell, market, or solicit in the State a discount medical plan or discount drug plan established by the insurer, nonprofit health service plan, health maintenance organization, or dental plan organization; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide the Commissioner with an additional list on request.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An insurer, nonprofit health service plan, health maintenance organization, or dental plan organization may file the list required under subsection (b)(3) of this section electronically, in a format prescribed by the Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This subtitle does not apply to Medicare prescription drug plans or to a State prescription drug plan.</text>
  </level>
</section>
