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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 31.10.42.03" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="42" heading="Requirement to Provide Continuity of Health Care Notice.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A receiving carrier shall send a transitioning enrollee the Continuity of Health Care Notice set forth in Regulation .04A of this chapter:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in §A(2) of this regulation, within 30 days of the enrollee’s effective date of coverage; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the enrollee’s coverage is made effective retroactively, within 30 days of the date the receiving carrier is notified of the enrollment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A receiving managed care organization shall send a transitioning enrollee the Continuity of Health Care Notice set forth in Regulation .04B of this chapter:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in §B(2) of this regulation, within 30 days of the enrollee’s effective date of coverage; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the enrollee’s coverage is made effective retroactively, within 30 days of the date the receiving managed care organization is notified of the enrollment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Continuity of Health Care Notices shall be in the language and format described in Regulation .04 of this chapter in not less than 12-point type.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>