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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-819" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Required Health Insurance Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each individual, group, or blanket health insurance policy that is issued or delivered in the State by an insurer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each contract or certificate that is issued or delivered in the State by a nonprofit health service plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A policy, contract, or certificate subject to this section that provides coverage for an inpatient service in an acute general hospital shall provide coverage for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a corresponding outpatient service that is provided to the insured instead of the inpatient service because of the denial, after review under a utilization review program, of a request by the attending physician for an inpatient admission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an objective second opinion given to the insured when required by a utilization review program under § 19-319 of the Health - General Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
