# COMAR Title 31 — Maryland Insurance Administration

## Subtitle 10 — Health Insurance — General

### Chapter 19 — Independent Review Organizations and Medical Experts

#### Regulation .07 Time for Rendering Final Decisions on Complaints.

*COMAR 31.10.19.07*

A. Except for an emergency case as provided in COMAR 31.10.18.05 or as provided in §B of this regulation, the Commissioner shall make a final written decision on a complaint within 45 days after a complaint is filed.

B. The Commissioner may extend the period within which a final written decision is to be made under §A of this regulation for up to an additional 30 working days if the:

  (1) Commissioner has not yet received the information requested by the Commissioner; and

  (2) Information requested is necessary for the Commissioner to render a final written decision on the complaint.