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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-427" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Fraternal Benefit Societies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A society authorized to do insurance business in the State may provide for the payment of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>life insurance benefits;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>annuity benefits;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>health insurance benefits;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of a deceased member of the society; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>such other benefits as authorized for life insurers and which are not inconsistent with this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A society shall specify in its laws those persons who may receive benefits through the society.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>For all coverages, the member shall be the applicant or the insured.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the member is the applicant, there shall be a bona fide familial or other dependent relationship between the member and the insured or beneficiary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Every society, by its laws, may limit the scope of beneficiaries only to the extent required by federal law governing fraternal benefit societies.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The society may specify the terms and conditions on which benefits certificates may be assigned.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A society may not provide benefits through group insurance coverages.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A member who applies for additional benefits more than 6 months after becoming a benefit member shall provide additional evidence of insurability acceptable to the society.</text>
  </level>
</section>
