Section 15-305 - Blanket health insurance - In general. - Maryland Statutes

§ 15-305. Blanket health insurance - In general.
 

(a)  Described.-  

(1) Blanket health insurance is health insurance issued to or in the name of persons specified in this section to cover the groups of individuals described in this section. 

(2) The person to which or in the name of which a policy or contract is issued is deemed the policyholder. 

(b)  Common carriers and other means of transportation.- A policy or contract of blanket health insurance may be issued to a common carrier or an operator, owner, or lessee of a means of transportation, to cover all individuals or all individuals of a class who may become passengers on the common carrier or means of transportation. 

(c)  Employers.- A policy or contract of blanket health insurance may be issued to an employer, to cover all employees, dependents, or guests who are defined by reference to specific hazards that are incident to the activities or operations of the employer or a class of employees, dependents, or guests similarly defined. 

(d)  Schools, other institutions of learning, and camps.- A policy or contract of blanket health insurance may be issued to a school or other institution of learning, a camp or its sponsor, or the head or principal of a school, other institution of learning, or camp, to cover students, campers, supervisors, or employees. 

(e)  Organizations.- A policy or contract of blanket health insurance may be issued in the name of a religious, charitable, recreational, educational, or civic organization, to cover participants in activities sponsored by the organization. 

(f)  Sports teams.- A policy or contract of blanket health insurance may be issued to a sports team or its sponsors, to cover members, officials, and supervisors. 

(g)  Volunteer fire departments and similar groups.- A policy or contract of blanket health insurance may be issued in the name of a volunteer fire department, first aid group, other similar volunteer group, or agency with jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department, first aid group, or other similar volunteer group, to cover all members of the volunteer fire department or similar volunteer group. 

(h)  Other eligible risks or classes of risks.- A policy or contract of blanket health insurance may be issued to cover any other risk, class of risks, or both that, in the discretion of the Commissioner, may be eligible for blanket health insurance. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48A, § 474; 1997, ch. 35, § 2.]