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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="9-405" title_number="9" title_name="Impaired Entities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Corporation is a private, nonprofit, nonstock corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Corporation is established to enable the guaranty of payment of benefits and continuation of coverages.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>As a condition of its authority to transact insurance or health maintenance organization business in the State, each member insurer must be and remain a member of the Corporation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Corporation shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>perform its functions in accordance with the plan of operation established and approved under § 9–410 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>exercise its powers through the Board of Directors established under § 9–406 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>For administration and assessment purposes, the Corporation shall maintain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the health account;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the life insurance account; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the annuity account.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Corporation is under the immediate supervision of the Commissioner and subject to the applicable insurance laws of the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the Corporation has perpetual existence and the powers, privileges, and immunities granted by the applicable provisions of the Corporations and Associations Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Corporation is not and may not be deemed a department, unit, agency, or instrumentality of the State for any purpose.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>All debts, claims, obligations, and liabilities of the Corporation, whenever incurred, shall be the debts, claims, obligations, and liabilities of the Corporation only and not of the State or the State’s agencies, instrumentalities, officers, or employees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The money of the Corporation is not part of the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State may not budget for or provide General Fund appropriations to the Corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The debts, claims, obligations, and liabilities of the Corporation are not a debt of the State or a pledge of the credit of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
