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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-1502" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Mandated Health Insurance Services Evaluation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall conduct an evaluation of existing mandated health insurance services and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding decision making criteria for reducing the number of mandates or the extent of coverage.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The evaluation shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an assessment of the full cost of each existing mandated health insurance service as a percentage of the State’s average annual wage and of premiums:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>under a typical group and individual health benefit plan in the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>under the State employee health benefit plan; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>under the Comprehensive Standard Health Benefit Plan;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an assessment of the degree to which existing mandated health insurance services are covered in self–funded plans; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a comparison of mandated health insurance services provided by the State with those provided in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The comparison described in paragraph (2)(iii) of this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number of mandated health insurance services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the type of mandated health insurance services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the level and extent of coverage for each mandated health insurance service; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the financial impact of differences in levels of coverage for each mandated health insurance service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>On or before January 1, 2004, and every 4 years thereafter, the Commission shall submit a report of its findings to the General Assembly, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The General Assembly may consider the information provided under subsection (a) of this section in determining:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>whether to enact proposed mandated health insurance services; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>whether to repeal existing mandated health insurance services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
