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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-912" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Medicare Supplement Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner shall adopt reasonable regulations to establish specific standards for policy provisions of Medicare supplement policies and certificates.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The standards adopted by the Commissioner are in addition to and shall be in accordance with applicable laws of the State, including this title and Title 14, Subtitle 1 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>No requirement of this article that relates to minimum required policy benefits, other than the minimum standards contained in this subtitle, shall apply to Medicare supplement policies and certificates.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The standards may cover, but are not limited to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>terms of renewability;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>nonduplication of coverage;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>probationary periods;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>benefit limitations, exceptions, and reductions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>elimination periods;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>replacement requirements;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>recurrent conditions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>definitions of terms; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>any other provisions required under federal Medicare law or CMS regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
