# Insurance (GIN)

## Title 15. Health Insurance

### Subtitle 1. General Provisions

#### Section 15-141

(a)

  (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

  (2) "Carrier" means:

    (i) an insurer;

    (ii) a nonprofit health service plan;

    (iii) a health maintenance organization;

    (iv) a dental plan organization; or

    (v) any other person that provides health benefit plans subject to regulation by the State.

  (3) "Enrollee" means a person entitled to health care benefits from a carrier.

(b) The Commissioner shall develop and make available a standardized form for an enrollee to use to request confidential communications from a carrier in accordance with 45 C.F.R. Sec. 164.522(b).

(c) A carrier that requires an enrollee to make a request for confidential communications in writing in accordance with 45 C.F.R. Sec. 164.522(b) shall accept the standardized form developed by the Commissioner under this section for that purpose.

(d) This section may not be construed to limit acceptance by a carrier of any other form of written request from an enrollee for confidential communications from a carrier under 45 C.F.R. Sec. 164.522(b).

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Md. Code Ann., Ins. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)