State StatuteMaryland: Md. Insurance Code 15-1A-06 ,15-1201, 15-1301 and 15-1401

Summary

Prohibits health insurers, health maintenance organizations, nonprofit health insurance plan or any person or organization that provides health benefits plans from excluding or limiting certain benefits or denying certain coverage based on a health-status related factor, including genetic information. Health status-related factors also may not be used to (1) cancel or refuse to renew a small employer group plan or individual health plans; (2) establish rules for eligibility; or (3) charge higher premiums than similarly situated individuals in a group health plan.