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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="19-505" title_number="19" title_name="Property and Casualty Insurance" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Motor Vehicle Insurance -- Primary Coverage">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless waived in accordance with § 19–506 of this subtitle or rejected in accordance with § 19–506.1 of this subtitle, each insurer that issues, sells, or delivers a motor vehicle liability insurance policy in the State shall provide coverage for the medical, hospital, and disability benefits described in this section for each of the following individuals:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>except for individuals specifically excluded under § 27–609 of this article:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the first named insured, and any family member of the first named insured who resides in the first named insured’s household, who is injured in any motor vehicle accident, including an accident that involves an uninsured motor vehicle or a motor vehicle the identity of which cannot be ascertained; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other individual who is injured in a motor vehicle accident while using the insured motor vehicle with the express or implied permission of the named insured;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an individual who is injured in a motor vehicle accident while occupying the insured motor vehicle as a guest or passenger; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an individual who is injured in a motor vehicle accident that involves the insured motor vehicle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>as a pedestrian; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>while in, on, or alighting from a vehicle that is operated by animal or muscular power.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “income” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>wages, salaries, tips, commissions, professional fees, and other earnings from work or employment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>earnings from a business or farm owned individually, jointly, or in partnership; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>to the extent earnings are paid or payable in property or services instead of in cash, the reasonable value of the property or services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The minimum medical, hospital, and disability benefits provided by an insurer under this section shall include up to $2,500 for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>payment of all reasonable and necessary expenses that arise from a motor vehicle accident and that are incurred within 3 years after the accident for necessary prosthetic devices and ambulance, dental, funeral, hospital, medical, professional nursing, surgical, and X–ray services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>payment of benefits for 85% of income lost:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>within 3 years after, and resulting from, a motor vehicle accident; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>by an injured individual who was earning or producing income when the accident occurred; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>payments made in reimbursement of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred within 3 years after a motor vehicle accident for essential services ordinarily performed for the care and maintenance of the family or family household by an individual who was injured in the accident and not earning or producing income when the accident occurred.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>As a condition of providing loss of income benefits under this subsection, an insurer may require the injured individual to furnish the insurer with reasonable medical proof of the injury causing loss of income.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An insurer may exclude from the coverage described in this section benefits for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an individual, otherwise insured under the policy, who:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>intentionally causes the motor vehicle accident resulting in the injury for which benefits are claimed;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is a nonresident of the State and is injured as a pedestrian in a motor vehicle accident that occurs outside of the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>is injured in a motor vehicle accident while operating or voluntarily riding in a motor vehicle that the individual knows is stolen; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>is injured in a motor vehicle accident while committing a felony or while violating § 21–904 of the Transportation Article; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the named insured or a family member of the named insured who resides in the named insured’s household for an injury that occurs while the named insured or family member is occupying an uninsured motor vehicle owned by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the named insured; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>an immediate family member of the named insured who resides in the named insured’s household.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the case of motorcycles, mopeds, or motor scooters, an insurer may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>exclude the economic loss benefits described in this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>offer the economic loss benefits with deductibles, options, or specific exclusions.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
