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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 31.10.22.15" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="22" heading="Insurance — Catastrophic or Back-Up Coverage.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Insurance Coverage Required. Unless the Commissioner grants an exemption from the requirements of this section, a provider-sponsored organization shall secure insurance coverage to provide:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Payments or services required to be made or furnished under the health care contract to those enrollees who are injured or become ill outside the geographic limits served by the provider-sponsored organization; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Reinsurance protection to the provider-sponsored organization in the event of catastrophic or unusual losses that would be in excess of the levels of loss that the provider-sponsored organization assumes in the basis of its calculation of premium charges.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Term and Renewal of Exemptions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Any exemption to the requirements of §A shall be for a period of 1 year, and may be renewed from year to year after that.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The provider-sponsored organization shall make any request for renewal of an exemption at least 90 days before the expiration date of the then-current exemption.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Reinsurance. With the approval of the Commissioner, a provider-sponsored organization may reinsure any portion or aspect of its operation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>