Chapter 31.10.06 - Standards for Medicare Supplement Policies

  1. § 31.10.06.01 - Applicability and Scope
  2. § 31.10.06.02 - Definitions
  3. § 31.10.06.03 - Policy Definitions and Terms
  4. § 31.10.06.04 - Filing and Approval of Policies and Certificates and Premium Rates
  5. § 31.10.06.05 - Filing Requirements for Advertising
  6. § 31.10.06.06 - Open Enrollment
  7. § 31.10.06.07 - Policy Provisions
  8. § 31.10.06.08 - Benefit Standards for 1990 Standardized Medicare Supplement Benefit Plans
  9. § 31.10.06.09 - Standard Medicare Supplement Benefit Plans for 1990 Plans
  10. § 31.10.06.09-1 - Guaranteed Issue for Eligible Individuals
  11. § 31.10.06.10 - Standards for Claims Payment
  12. § 31.10.06.11 - Loss Ratio Standards and Refund or Credit of Premium
  13. § 31.10.06.12 - Permitted Compensation Arrangements
  14. § 31.10.06.13 - Required Disclosure Provisions
  15. § 31.10.06.14 - Requirements for Application Forms and Replacement Coverage
  16. § 31.10.06.15 - Standards for Marketing
  17. § 31.10.06.16 - Appropriateness of Recommended Purchase and Excessive Insurance
  18. § 31.10.06.17 - Report of Multiple Policies
  19. § 31.10.06.18 - Prohibition Against Preexisting Conditions, Waiting Periods, Elimination Periods, and Probationary Periods in Replacement Policies or Certificates
  20. § 31.10.06.19 - Report Form for Calculation of Loss Ratios
  21. § 31.10.06.20 - Form for Reporting Multiple Policies
  22. § 31.10.06.21 - Severability
  23. § 31.10.06.22 - Disclosure Statements
  24. § 31.10.06.23 - Disclosure Statements Printed After December 31, 2005
  25. § 31.10.06.24 - Medicare Select Policies and Certificates-General Requirements
  26. § 31.10.06.25 - Medicare Select-Consumer Protection
  27. § 31.10.06.26 - Prohibition Against Use of Genetic Information and Requests for Genetic Testing
  28. § 31.10.06.27 - Benefit Standards for 2010 Standardized Medicare Supplement Benefit Plans
  29. § 31.10.06.28 - Standard Medicare Supplement Benefit Plans for 2010 Plans
  30. § 31.10.06.29 - Repealed
  31. § 31.10.06.30 - Outlines of Coverage for Standardized Medicare Supplement Benefit Plans
  32. § 31.10.06.31 - Medicare Supplement Benefit Plans for 2020 Standardized Medicare Supplement Benefit Plan Policies or Certificates Issued for Delivery to Individuals Newly Eligible for Medicare on or After January 1, 2020

Notes

Effective date:
Regulations .01-.21 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 14, 1992 (19:16 Md. R. 1466); adopted permanently effective August 3, 1992 (19:15 Md. R. 1389)
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Chapter revised effective April 1, 1996 (23:6 Md. R. 475)
Regulation .14A amended, and Regulation .21 repealed, and Regulations .22 and .23 recodified to Regulations .21 and .22, respectively, as an emergency provision effective April 25, 1996 (23:10 Md. R. 728); amended permanently effective September 10, 1996 (23:18 Md. R. 1317)
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Chapter recodified from COMAR 09.30.90 to COMAR 31.10.06 effective September 7, 1998 (25:18 Md. R. 1439)
Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 1999 (26:1 Md. R. 18); amended permanently effective March 22, 1999 (26:6 Md. R. 489)
Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective July 25, 2000 (27:16 Md. R. 1520); amended permanently effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2061)
Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2001 (28:23 Md. R. 2053); emergency status expired March 29, 2002; amended permanently effective April 1, 2002 (29:6 Md. R. 570)
Regulation .03 amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 1999 (26:1 Md. R. 18); amended permanently effective March 22, 1999 (26:6 Md. R. 489)
Regulation .04B amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2000 (27:4 Md. R. 452); emergency status expired June 28, 2000
Regulation .04B amended effective August 21, 2000 (27:16 Md. R. 1526)
Regulation .06 amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 1999 (26:1 Md. R. 18); amended permanently effective March 22, 1999 (26:6 Md. R. 489)
Regulation .08 amended as an emergency provision effective July 25, 2000 (27:16 Md. R. 1520); amended permanently effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2061)
Regulation .08 amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2001 (28:23 Md. R. 2053); emergency status expired March 29, 2002; amended permanently effective April 1, 2002 (29:6 Md. R. 570)
Regulation .09 amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 1999 (26:1 Md. R. 18); amended permanently effective March 22, 1999 (26:6 Md. R. 489)
Regulation .09-1 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 1, 1999 (26:1 Md. R. 18); adopted permanently effective March 22, 1999 (26:6 Md. R. 489)
Regulation .09-1 amended as an emergency provision effective July 25, 2000 (27:16 Md. R. 1520); amended permanently effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2061)
Regulation .09-1 amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2001 (28:23 Md. R. 2053); emergency status expired March 29, 2002; amended permanently effective April 1, 2002 (29:6 Md. R. 570)
Regulation .13 amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 1999 (26:1 Md. R. 18); amended permanently effective March 22, 1999 (26:6 Md. R. 489)
Regulation .13 amended as an emergency provision effective July 25, 2000 (27:16 Md. R. 1520); amended permanently effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2061)
Regulation .22 amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 1999 (26:1 Md. R. 18); amended permanently effective March 22, 1999 (26:6 Md. R. 489)
Regulation .23 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2001 (28:23 Md. R. 2053); emergency status expired March 29, 2002; adopted permanently effective April 1, 2002 (29:6 Md. R. 570)
Regulation .24 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2001 (28:23 Md. R. 2053); emergency status expired March 29, 2002; adopted permanently effective April 1, 2002 (29:6 Md. R. 570)
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Chapter revised effective January 1, 2006 (32:18 Md. R. 1522)
Regulation .02B amended effective September 21, 2009 (36:19 Md. R. 1439); January 14, 2019 (46:1 Md. R. 13)
Regulation .07A amended effective September 21, 2009 (36:19 Md. R. 1439)
Regulation .08 amended effective September 21, 2009 (36:19 Md. R. 1439)
Regulation .09 amended effective September 21, 2009 (36:19 Md. R. 1439)
Regulation .13 amended effective September 21, 2009 (36:19 Md. R. 1439)
Regulation .13E amended effective November 29, 2010 (37:24 Md. R. 1660)
Regulation .26 adopted effective June 29, 2009 (36:13 Md. R. 901)
Regulations .27-.30 adopted effective September 21, 2009 (36:19 Md. R. 1439)
Regulation .28H amended effective November 29, 2010 (37:24 Md. R. 1660); January 14, 2019 (46:1 Md. R. 13)
Regulation .29 repealed effective November 29, 2010 (37:24 Md. R. 1660)
Regulation .30 amended effective January 14, 2019 (46:1 Md. R. 13)
Regulation .30I, J amended effective November 29, 2010 (37:24 Md. R. 1660)
Regulation .31 adopted effective January 14, 2019 (46:1 Md. R. 13)
Regulation .06 amended effective August 21, 2023 (50:16 Md. R. 729)

Authority: Health-General Article, §§19-705 and 19-706; Insurance Article, §§ 2-109 and 8-403(b), Title 15, Subtitle 9, and Title 27; Annotated Code of Maryland

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