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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-122.1" 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>“Advance directive” has the meaning stated in § 5–601 of the Health – General Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Carrier” means:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>an insurer;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a nonprofit health service plan;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a health maintenance organization; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>any other person that provides health benefit plans subject to regulation by the State.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Carrier” does not include a managed care organization.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A carrier shall provide the advance directive information sheet developed under § 5–615 of the Health – General Article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to all members or enrollees in initial enrollment materials distributed after initial purchase and upon renewal and in the carrier’s member publications;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the carrier maintains a website, on the carrier’s website; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>at the request of a member.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a carrier maintains a website, after the tab on the State–designated health information exchange website required under § 19–145(b)(2)(iv) of the Health – General Article is developed, the carrier shall provide a link to the webpage that is accessed through the tab.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section may not be construed to require a carrier to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>assist a member or enrollee in drafting an electronic advance care planning document;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>store electronic advance care planning documents; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>access advance care planning documents.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
