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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="2-501" title_number="2" title_name="State Employment Generally" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Health and Welfare Benefits Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“County board” means the board of education of a county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“County board” includes the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Program” means the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Satellite organization” means any organization or entity whose employees are eligible to participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program as a separate account.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Wellness program” means a program that is designed to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>promote health or prevent or detect disease or illness;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>improve clinical outcomes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>prevent or reduce acute admissions and readmissions to health care facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>improve treatment compliance for chronic conditions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>promote healthy behaviors; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>prevent or control injury.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
