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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-105" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Breast implant” means a pocket or envelope that is surgically inserted under the skin and contains soft silicone gel, saline solution, or a combination of soft silicone gel and saline solution.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Breast implant-related condition” means a condition that the federal Food and Drug Administration recognizes as possibly linked to breast implants.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups on an expense-incurred basis under health insurance policies that are issued or delivered in the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>health maintenance organizations that provide hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups under contracts that are issued or delivered in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An entity subject to this section shall provide information to the Commissioner about the entity’s:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>coverage for breast implant removals and breast implant-related conditions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>preexisting condition provisions in policies for individuals with breast implants.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On request, the Commissioner shall make available to consumers and licensed physicians the information collected under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When providing the information, the Commissioner may include a statement that the Commissioner does not guarantee the accuracy of the information.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commissioner may set a fee to cover the cost of providing the information under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A licensed physician may make available to a patient the information obtained from the Commissioner under subsection (d) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Commissioner shall adopt regulations to carry out this section, including regulations that determine the extent and format of the information required under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
