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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.67.02.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="67" chapter_num="02" heading="Assignment to Primary Care Provider (PCP).">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Within 10 days of the notification of enrollment of a new enrollee or within 10 days of any event that requires a change in an existing enrollee's PCP, an MCO shall notify the enrollee of the enrollee's PCP assignment.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A Program recipient with no previous affiliation with any of the providers on the MCO's primary care provider panel who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Indicates a preference for a participating PCP during the enrollment process shall be assigned to that PCP unless the MCO documents in writing, for good cause, its inability to assign the enrollee to that PCP; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Fails to make known any preference for a PCP shall be assigned to a PCP whose location satisfies the access standards specified in COMAR 10.67.05.06E.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Before changing an enrollee’s PCP, the MCO shall obtain the Department’s approval at least 60 days before the reassignment is effective unless:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The PCP has decided to stop practicing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The PCP has terminated the relationship with an enrollee due to the enrollee’s behavior;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The change is requested by the enrollee; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The age limits of the PCP's practice no longer meet the needs of the enrollee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>