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AN ACT concerning Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment FOR the purpose of requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage for the full length of long-term antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from placing a quantitative limit on or denying coverage for benefits required under this Act; and generally relating to health insurance coverage for long-term antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses. BY adding to Article - Insurance Section 15-859 Annotated Code of Maryland (2017 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement)

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Seth Howard (R)*,  Chris Adams (R),  Steve Arentz (R),  Terry Baker (R),  Jason Buckel (R),  Brian Chisholm (R),  Frank Conaway (D),  Diana Fennell (D),  April Fleming Miller (R),  Andrea Harrison (D),  Jim Hinebaugh (R),  Kevin Hornberger (R),  Nic Kipke (R),  Nino Mangione (R),  Susan McComas (R),  Todd Morgan (R),  Rachel Muñoz (R),  Ryan Nawrocki (R),  Charles Otto (R),  Pam Queen (D),  Kirill Reznik (D),  April Rose (R),  Stuart Schmidt (R),  Kathy Szeliga (R),  Kym Taylor (D),  William Wivell (R), 

House Health and Government Operations Hearing (13:00:00 3/9/2023 ) (on 03/09/2023)

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