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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 31.10.32.04" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="32" heading="Marketing Plan.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Development and Submission of Marketing Plan. Each year, a nonprofit health service plan shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Develop a marketing plan; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Submit the marketing plan and any changes to the marketing plan to the board of directors of the nonprofit health service plan for approval.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Contents of Marketing Plan. A nonprofit health service plan shall include in the marketing plan all of the nonprofit health service plan's marketing goals and objectives in the State, including any plan to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reenter a market;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Retain or expand enrollment in a market or market segment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Change the product portfolio of the nonprofit health service plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Establish or change distribution methods or sales systems of the nonprofit health service plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Establish or change a pricing strategy;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Form a partnership with another entity for marketing purposes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Establish or change a communication and image strategy;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Engage in community outreach and education;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Market membership through one company in a holding company system rather than another company in the holding company system; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Move subscribers from one company in a holding company system to another company in the holding company system.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Approval Required. A nonprofit health service plan may not wholly or partially implement a marketing plan or any change to the marketing plan unless the board of the nonprofit health service plan has approved the marketing plan or the change to the marketing plan.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>