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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 31.10.31.01" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="31" heading="Scope.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This chapter applies to each carrier that provides behavioral health care services through:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A company owned wholly or partly by the carrier; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A contract with a managed behavioral health care organization.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>This chapter does not apply to a person that, for an administrator fee only, solely arranges a provider panel for a carrier for the provision of behavioral health care services on a discounted fee-for-service basis.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>