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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".17" citation="COMAR 10.09.24.17" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="24" heading="Information from and Liability of Health Insurance Carriers.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A carrier shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provide, at the request of the Department, information about individuals who are eligible for benefits under the Program or are Program recipients so that the Department may determine:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Whether an individual, the spouse of an individual, or the dependent of an individual is receiving health care coverage from a carrier; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The nature of that coverage;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide the information required under §A of this regulation in a manner prescribed by the Department; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Accept the Program's right of recovery and the assignment to the Program of any right of an individual or other entity to payment from the carrier for an item or service for which payment has been made under the Program if the carrier has a legal obligation to make payment for the item or service.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Subject to §A of this regulation, a carrier may not reject, deny, limit, cancel, refuse to renew, increase the rates of, affect the terms or conditions of, or otherwise affect a health insurance policy or contract for a reason based wholly or partly on the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Eligibility of the individual for receiving benefits under the Program; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Receipt by an individual of benefits under the Program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A carrier shall comply with the provisions of Health-General Article, §15-144, Annotated Code of Maryland, pertaining to health maintenance organizations.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>