# COMAR Title 31 — Maryland Insurance Administration

## Subtitle 10 — Health Insurance — General

### Chapter 51 — Mental Health Benefits and Substance Use Disorder Benefits — Reports on Nonquantitative Treatment Limitations and Data

#### Regulation .06 Compliance Plan.

*COMAR 31.10.51.06*

A. If, as a result of the review of the reports described in Regulation .04 of this chapter, the Commissioner finds that a carrier subject to Insurance Article, §15-144, Annotated Code of Maryland, failed to comply with provisions of the Parity Act, the Commissioner shall notify the carrier and require the carrier to submit a compliance plan pursuant to Insurance Article, §15-144(i), Annotated Code of Maryland, to correct the noncompliance. The notice shall be in writing, but may be transmitted electronically.

B. The carrier shall have 90 days to file a compliance plan following the date a notice of noncompliance is issued by the Commissioner.

C. The compliance plan shall include:

  (1) An acknowledgement of the Commissioner’s finding of noncompliance;

  (2) A summary of action or actions taken by the carrier to correct the noncompliance prior to the notice from the Commissioner;

  (3) A summary of future action or actions to correct the noncompliance and the time frame when the actions will be taken; and

  (4) A summary of amounts owed to members or providers due to violations of the Parity Act, including:

    (a) Any amounts owed to members and the payment date or dates;

    (b) Draft correspondence to members;

    (c) Any amounts owed to providers and the payment date or dates;

    (d) Draft correspondence to providers; and

    (e) Confirmation of amounts paid to members and providers.