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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".23" citation="COMAR 31.10.06.23" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="06" heading="Disclosure Statements Printed After December 31, 2005.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Instructions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The instructions found in Regulation .22A(1)—(8) of this chapter also apply to the disclosure statements printed after December 31, 2005.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Use of Original or Alternative Disclosure Statements.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Section 1882 of the federal Social Security Act was amended in Subsection (d)(3)(A) to allow for alternative disclosure statements.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Carriers may use either disclosure statement with the requisite insurance product.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Carriers shall use either the original disclosure statements or the alternative disclosure statement, but not both simultaneously.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Insurers shall use the disclosure statements found in §§C and D of this regulation if the disclosure statements were printed after December 31, 2005.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Original Disclosure Statements.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Accidental Injury Only Policies. The following is an original disclosure statement for policies that provide benefits for expenses incurred for an accidental injury only:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Specified Limited Services Policies. The following is an original disclosure statement for policies that provide benefits for specified limited services:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Expense Incurred Specified Disease Policies. The following is an original disclosure statement for policies that reimburse expenses incurred for specified diseases or other specified impairments. This includes expense-incurred cancer, specified disease, and other types of health insurance policies that limit reimbursement to named medical conditions.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Fixed Dollar Specified Disease Policies. The following is an original disclosure statement for policies that pay fixed dollar amounts for specified diseases or other specified impairments. This includes cancer, specified disease, and other health insurance policies that pay a scheduled benefit or specific payment based on diagnosis of the conditions named in the policy.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Policies Providing Fixed Dollar Benefits. The following is an original disclosure statement for indemnity policies and other policies that pay a fixed dollar amount per day, excluding long-term care policies:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Policies Providing Both Expense Incurred and Fixed Indemnity Benefits. The following is an original disclosure statement for policies that provide benefits upon both an expense-incurred and fixed indemnity basis:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Other Health Insurance Policies. The following is an original disclosure statement for other health insurance policies not specifically identified in the statements set forth in §C(1)-6) of this regulation:</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Alternative Disclosure Statements.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Accidental Injury Only Policies. The following is an alternative disclosure statement for policies that provide benefits for expenses incurred for an accidental injury only:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Specified Limited Services Policies. The following is an alternative disclosure statement for policies that provide benefits for specified limited services:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Expense-Incurred Specified Disease Policies. The following is an alternative disclosure statement for policies that reimburse expenses incurred for specified diseases, or other specified impairments. This includes expense-incurred cancer, specified disease, and other types of health insurance policies that limit reimbursement to named medical conditions.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Fixed Dollar Specified Disease Policies. The following is an alternative disclosure statement for policies that pay fixed dollar amounts for specified diseases or other specified impairments. This includes cancer, specified disease, and other health insurance policies that pay a scheduled benefit or specific payment based on diagnosis of the conditions named in the policy.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Policies Providing Only Fixed Dollar Benefits. The following is an alternative disclosure statement for indemnity policies and other policies that pay a fixed dollar amount per day, excluding long-term care policies:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Policies Providing Both Expense-Incurred and Fixed Indemnity Benefits. The following is an alternative disclosure statement for policies that provide benefits upon both an expense-incurred and fixed indemnity basis:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Other Health Insurance Policies. The following is an alternative disclosure statement for other health insurance policies not specifically identified in the statements set forth in §D(1)-(6) of this regulation:</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>