Maryland Insurance Administration

PUBLIC NOTICE:
Insurance Administration to Review Certain Regulations

Review of COMAR 31.11.01-.14

In accordance with the Regulatory Review and Evaluation Act, State Government Article, §§10-130—10-139, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) is reviewing and evaluating certain regulations codified within Subtitle 11 of Title 31 of the Code of Maryland Regulations, entitled Health Insurance – Group. The purpose of the review and evaluation is to determine whether existing regulations continue to accomplish the purposes for which they were adopted, clarify ambiguous or unclear language, and repeal obsolete or duplicative provisions.

Regulations being reviewed include:

31.11.02  Group Health Insurance – Continuation of Coverage of Divorced Spouses
31.11.03  Group Health Insurance—Continuation of Coverage of Surviving Spouses
31.11.04  Group Health Insurance—Continuation of Coverage for Terminated Employees
31.11.05  Group Health Insurance Options for Alzheimer’s Disease and for Diseases of the Elderly
31.11.07  Small Employer Group Health Insurance – Self-Employed Individuals
31.11.08  Small Group Market Health Insurance Geographic Areas
31.11.09  Solicitation of Coverage Under Group Health or Blanket Health Insurance Policy Issued in Another Jurisdiction

Interested parties may submit comments to Nancy Egan, Assistant Director of Government Relations, and transmitted by mail to 200 St. Paul Place, Suite 2700, Baltimore, MD 21202; by fax to (410) 468-2020; or by email to InsuranceRegReview.mia@maryland.gov. Comments must be received by May 15, 2013.

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