Section 12-204 - Hearings on minimum benefits or coverage. - Maryland Statutes

§ 12-204. Hearings on minimum benefits or coverage.
 

(a)  Purpose.- The Commissioner may hold hearings to determine if accident, disability, and health insurance policies meet the requirements of § 12-205 of this subtitle, so that fraud and the issuance of insurance policies economically unsound to insureds may be prevented and to ensure that a minimum amount of benefits or coverage is made available to the policy or certificate holders. 

(b)  Regulations.- After evaluating the results of a hearing, the Commissioner shall, in compliance with § 12-205 of this subtitle, adopt reasonable regulations establishing minimum benefits or coverages necessary to meet the needs of insureds. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48A, §§ 375A, 376; 1995, ch. 36.]