1. (a) Subject to § 15-103(f) of this subtitle, a health maintenance organization that requires its panel providers to participate in a managed care organization shall establish a mechanism, subject to review by the Secretary, which provides for equitable distribution of enrollees and which ensures that a provider will not be assigned a disproportionate number of enrollees.
2. (b) Nothing in this section may be interpreted as prohibiting a provider from voluntarily accepting additional enrollees.

Added by Acts 1996, c. 352, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 2000, c. 437, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2000.