Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 15-141 - Communications between carriers and enrollees - Confidentiality(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.(2) "Carrier" means: (ii) a nonprofit health service plan;(iii) a health maintenance organization;(iv) a dental plan organization; or(v) any other person that provides health benefit plans subject to regulation by the State.(3) "Enrollee" means a person entitled to health care benefits from a carrier.(b) The Commissioner shall develop and make available a standardized form for an enrollee to use to request confidential communications from a carrier in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.522(b).(c) A carrier that requires an enrollee to make a request for confidential communications in writing in accordance with 45 C.F.R. § 164.522(b) shall accept the standardized form developed by the Commissioner under this section for that purpose.(d) This section may not be construed to limit acceptance by a carrier of any other form of written request from an enrollee for confidential communications from a carrier under 45 C.F.R. § 164.522(b).Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 317,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2014.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 316,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2014.Added by 2014 Md. Laws, Ch. 72,Sec. 1, eff. 4/8/2014.