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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="27-910" title_number="27" title_name="Unfair Trade Practices and Other Prohibited Practices" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Enrollee” means an individual or member of an association or other private group arrangement entitled to health care services from a health network.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Health care service” has the meaning stated in § 19-701 of the Health - General Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Health network” means an entity that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>holds a certificate of authority under this article or Title 19, Subtitle 7 of the Health - General Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is organized to provide health care services to individuals or an enrolled population in a regional or service area.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A health network may not deny health care services to an enrollee on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, age, religion, national origin, or a protected category under the Americans with Disabilities Act.</text>
  </level>
</section>
