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2017 Maryland Code
Insurance
Title 27 - Unfair Trade Practices and Other Prohibited Practices
Subtitle 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 27-915. Coverage for organ transplantation -- Individual with disability
Universal Citation: MD Ins Code § 27-915 (2017)
- (a) "Organ transplantation" defined. -- In this section, "organ transplantation" means the transplantation or transfusion of a human body part into the body of another individual for the purpose of treating or curing a medical condition.
- (b) Applicability. -- This section applies to:
- (1) insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide coverage for organ transplantation to individuals or groups on an expense-incurred basis under health insurance policies or contracts that are issued or delivered in the State; and
- (2) health maintenance organizations that provide coverage for organ transplantation to individuals or groups under contracts that are issued or delivered in the State.
- (c) Coverage not denied on basis of disability. -- An entity subject to this section may not deny coverage for an organ transplantation solely on the basis of an insured's or enrollee's disability.
- (d) Coverage not required where transplantation not medically necessary. -- This section may not be construed to require an entity subject to this section to provide coverage for an organ transplantation that is not medically necessary.
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