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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="2-512" title_number="2" title_name="State Employment Generally" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Health and Welfare Benefits Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “qualifying nonprofit organization” means an organization that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>receives State funds from the Maryland Department of Health that cover more than one–third of the organization’s operating expenses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>described in § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>exempt from income tax under § 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is a corporation, a limited liability company, or any other entity that is wholly owned by the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>is the Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations for the enrollment and participation of employees of a qualifying nonprofit organization to participate in the Program as a satellite organization.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A qualifying nonprofit organization that participates in the Program as a satellite organization shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>pay to the State:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a premium in the amount determined by the Secretary; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any costs, as determined by the Secretary, for the administration of this Program; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>determine the extent to which the organization will subsidize participation by its employees in the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The participation of a satellite organization in the Program may not impede, undermine, or conflict with the Program’s federal compliance obligations or governmental and cafeteria plan status, as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 125.</text>
  </level>
</section>
