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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="20-504" title_number="20" title_name="Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Policies for Covered Vehicles">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “add–on coverage” means coverages or services sold in connection with a policy issued by the Fund, other than coverages authorized to be offered by the Fund under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Add–on coverage” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>rental reimbursement coverage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>personal effects theft coverage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>collision and comprehensive deductible waiver coverage, other than collision and comprehensive coverages provided by the Fund or other authorized insurers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>supplemental hospital benefit coverage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>emergency living expense coverage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>vehicle towing coverage;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>emergency vehicle repair service coverage; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>motor club services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Add–on coverage” does not include fire, life, and health insurance coverages that are not directly related to the underlying motor vehicle insurance coverage and are written by an authorized insurer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At the time coverage provided by the Fund is bound and before any add–on coverage is sold, a fund producer shall provide a clear and conspicuous written disclosure, in the form approved by the Commissioner, that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>states that the cost of add–on coverage is not part of the premium for the related policy issued by the Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>includes an itemized list of any add–on coverages to be sold to the insured;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>states the nature and cost of each add–on coverage to be sold; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>states that add–on coverage is optional and is not required under § 17–103 of the Transportation Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before an insured may purchase add–on coverage, the insured shall expressly consent to the purchase by signing the disclosure form.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On continuation of a policy that includes add–on coverage, an insured need not sign a disclosure form if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the number and type of add–on coverages under the continuation do not change from the preceding policy; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the insured has signed the original disclosure form.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A fund producer may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>require an insured or prospective insured to purchase an add–on coverage as a condition to purchasing the related policy issued by the Fund; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>sell add–on coverage or any combination of add–on coverages in an amount that exceeds $200 per covered vehicle in connection with a private passenger auto insurance policy.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A pattern or practice of violations of this section by a fund producer is subject to the same penalties as a violation of § 20–513 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
