{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-insurance-8-318","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Insurance § 8–318","heading":"","body":"(a) A person may not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a plan participant or beneficiary:\n(1) for exercising a right to which the participant or beneficiary is entitled under this subtitle; or\n(2) for the purpose of interfering with a right to which the participant or beneficiary may become entitled under this subtitle.\n(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:\n(1) has given information or testified in an inquiry or proceeding that relates to this subtitle; or\n(2) is about to give information or testify in an inquiry or proceeding that relates to this subtitle.\n(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.","path":["Article - Insurance"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gin\u0026section=8-318","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:28Z","sha256":"86ac33b9f87c22061d882eb2bfc266406cb33bafedcf420e1cf815f62fb76ecd","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-insurance-8-317","next":"us-md/md.-code-insurance-8-319"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}