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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 31.10.32.03" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="32" heading="Material Modification.">
  <text>For purposes of Insurance Article, §14-115(d)(11)(i), Annotated Code of Maryland, a modification is material if it modifies:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The options available in a health benefit plan marketed in the State in a manner that results in a change of 20 percent or more in the actuarial benefit value of the health benefit plan;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A provider network in a manner that results in a change of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>10 percent or more in the number of health care providers in the provider network:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For the entire State: or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In the Baltimore metro region or DC metro region;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>7 percent or more in the number of health care providers in the provider network in the Southern Maryland region;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>5 percent or more in the number of health care providers in the provider network in the Eastern Shore region or Western Maryland region;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>10 percent or more in the number of health care providers in a key specialty in the provider network:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For the entire State; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In the Baltimore metro region, DC metro region, Eastern Shore region, Southern Maryland region, or Western Maryland region;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>10 percent or more in the amount of reimbursement paid to health care providers in the provider network:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For the entire State; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In the Baltimore metro region or DC metro region;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>7 percent or more in the amount of reimbursement paid to health care providers in the provider network in the Southern Maryland region; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>5 percent or more in the amount of reimbursement paid to health care providers in the provider network in the Eastern Shore region or the Western Maryland region;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Underwriting guidelines for a product of a nonprofit health insurance plan in a manner that results in:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A refusal to provide the least expensive rate for the product of a nonprofit health service plan to 20 percent or more of applicants for the product; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A relative increase of 50 percent or more in the current level of refusals to provide the least expensive rate for the product of a nonprofit health service plan to applicants; or</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Rates or rating plans that are required to be approved by the Commissioner in a manner that results in:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A rate increase of 15 percent or more in 1 year for any product sold by a nonprofit health service plan in a particular market; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A rate increase of 25 percent or more in 1 year for coverage variations within a product sold by a nonprofit health service plan in a particular market.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>