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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 31.10.48.03" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="48" heading="Submission Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Pursuant to the requirements of Insurance Article, §15-1628(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, a PBM shall submit to the Commissioner as an informational filing each participating pharmacy contract form and each amendment to a contract form at least 30 days before the contract form or amendment to the contract form is to become effective.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Commissioner is not required to review the informational filing to evaluate whether a contract form or amendment to a contract form is in violation of Maryland law at the time the informational filing is made.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Unless it is disapproved by the Commissioner, a PBM may use a contract form or amendment to a contract form after it has been filed with the Commissioner and 30 days have passed since the filing was acknowledged by the Commissioner in writing as having been received.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A PBM may not file a contract form or amendment form that has been previously disapproved by the Commissioner.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Nothing in this regulation shortens the time period for notice under Insurance Article, §15-1628(a), Annotated Code of Maryland, which requires a PBM to provide at least 30 working days’ notice before any contract change.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The filing shall include a cover letter which includes the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A list of the contract forms and amendment forms included in the submission; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A brief description of the purpose of each contract form and amendment form included in the submission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Each page of a contract or amendment shall be identified by a form number which is unique to that form. This number shall be printed in the lower left-hand corner of the first page, and no other number shall appear in close proximity to the form number.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A filing made under this chapter shall include a signed certification from a responsible officer of the PBM that, to the best of the officer’s knowledge and belief, the contract forms and amendment forms comply with applicable statutes and regulations.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>A PBM may not file a contract form or amendment form before the PBM has successfully registered as a PBM with the Commissioner.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>