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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-119" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to insurers and nonprofit health service plans that issue or deliver individual, group, or blanket health insurance policies in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An entity subject to this section that requires insureds to have a written referral to receive consultation services shall use the uniform consultation referral form adopted by the Commissioner under § 15–120 of this subtitle as the sole instrument for referrals for consultation services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An entity subject to this section may not impose as a condition of coverage a requirement to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>modify the uniform consultation referral form; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>submit additional consultation referral forms.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The uniform consultation referral form:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be properly completed by the health care provider that refers the insured for consultation services; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may be transmitted electronically.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
