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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-1A-21" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Consumer Protections">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to all grandfathered plans and to every health benefit plan that is not a grandfathered plan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to § 15–1106 of this title, a carrier may not rescind the coverage under a health benefit plan unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the insured individual performs an act, a practice, or an omission that constitutes fraud or makes a misrepresentation of material fact as prohibited by the health benefit plan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the carrier complies with 45 C.F.R. § 147.128.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Commissioner adopts regulations as described in subsection (c) of this section, a carrier that rescinds the coverage under a health benefit plan in accordance with subsection (b) of this section shall comply with the adopted regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To the extent necessary, the Commissioner shall adopt regulations that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish requirements that a carrier shall comply with to rescind coverage under subsection (b) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>are consistent with 45 C.F.R. § 147.128 and any federal rules and guidance as those provisions were in effect December 31, 2024.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
