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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="19-507" title_number="19" title_name="Property and Casualty Insurance" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Motor Vehicle Insurance -- Primary Coverage">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The benefits described in § 19–505 of this subtitle shall be payable without regard to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the fault or nonfault of the named insured or the recipient of benefits in causing or contributing to the motor vehicle accident; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any collateral source of medical, hospital, or wage continuation benefits.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the insured has both coverage for the benefits described in § 19–505 of this subtitle and a collateral source of medical, hospital, or wage continuation benefits, the insurer or insurers may coordinate the policies to provide for nonduplication of benefits, subject to appropriate reductions in premiums for one or both of the policies approved by the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The named insured may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>elect to coordinate the policies by indicating in writing which policy is to be the primary policy; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>reject the coordination of policies and nonduplication of benefits.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “increase the premium” includes an increase in total premium for a policy due to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a surcharge;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>retiering or other reclassification of the policy; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>removal or reduction of a discount.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An insurer that issues a policy that contains the coverage described in § 19–505 of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not increase the premium on the policy due to a claim or payment made under that coverage; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at the time the policy is issued, shall notify the policyholder in writing that the insurer may not increase the premium on the policy due to a claim or payment made under that coverage.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An insurer that provides the benefits described in § 19–505 of this subtitle does not have a right of subrogation and does not have a claim against any other person or insurer to recover any benefits paid because of the alleged fault of the other person in causing or contributing to a motor vehicle accident.</text>
  </level>
</section>
