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Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) A person may not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a plan participant or beneficiary:
(1) for exercising a right to which the participant or beneficiary is entitled under this subtitle; or
(2) for the purpose of interfering with a right to which the participant or beneficiary may become entitled under this subtitle.
(b) A person may not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a person, whether or not the person is a plan participant or beneficiary, because the person:
(1) has given information or testified in an inquiry or proceeding that relates to this subtitle; or
(2) is about to give information or testify in an inquiry or proceeding that relates to this subtitle.
(c) A person may not, by fraud, force, violence, or the threat of force or violence, restrain, coerce, or intimidate or attempt to restrain, coerce, or intimidate a plan participant or beneficiary for the purpose of interfering with or preventing the exercise of a right to which the plan participant or beneficiary is or may become entitled under this subtitle.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Insurance § 8-318 - last updated December 31, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/insurance/md-code-insurance-sect-8-318/
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