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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="2-202" title_number="2" title_name="Maryland Insurance Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Commissioner has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce by administrative action the laws of the State that relate to the underwriting or rate–setting practices of an insurer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission on Civil Rights has concurrent jurisdiction with the Commissioner:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>over alleged discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for the enforcement of § 15–1A–22 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>When the Commissioner has exclusive jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this section, the Commission on Civil Rights may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>refer complaints about discriminatory practices to the Commissioner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>appear before the Commissioner as a party at a hearing about discriminatory practices;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>make recommendations about discriminatory practices to the Commissioner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>represent a complainant in proceedings under § 2–210 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>appeal as a party aggrieved by an order or decision of the Commissioner under § 2–215 of this subtitle or § 11–503 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commissioner shall notify the Commission on Civil Rights of any hearing scheduled on a complaint about alleged discriminatory practices.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On request of the Commission on Civil Rights and unless the complainant objects, the Commissioner shall give the Commission on Civil Rights all information about any complaint about alleged discriminatory practices received by the Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Commissioner and the Commission on Civil Rights shall set guidelines for determining when allegations in a complaint about alleged discriminatory practices are sufficient to warrant a hearing.</text>
  </level>
</section>
