§ 15-925. Prohibited solicitations

   (a) Individuals not eligible for Medicare. -- When soliciting the sale of a health insurance policy, a carrier or insurance producer may not knowingly offer a Medicare supplement policy to an individual not eligible for Medicare.

(b) Individuals eligible for Medicaid benefits. -- A carrier or insurance producer may only sell or offer to sell a Medicare supplement policy to an individual eligible for Medicaid benefits in accordance with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1395ss and this subtitle.

(c) Duplicate coverage. -- A carrier or insurance producer may not negligently or knowingly sell or offer to sell to an individual a Medicare supplement policy that duplicates to any extent an existing Medicare supplement policy that covers that individual.

(d) Representations when soliciting or advertising. -- A carrier or insurance producer may not use the terms "Medicare supplement", "Medigap", or other words of similar meaning in advertising or otherwise in soliciting the sale of a health insurance policy or other policy, unless the policy conforms to § 15-904, 15-906, 15-907, and 15-908 of this subtitle.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 48A, § 468G; 1997, ch. 35, § 2; 2001, ch. 731, § 1; 2004, ch. 54.