This bill requires health insurance carriers to provide an adequate network of physicians.

Under the bill, a carrier will ensure that a network have a sufficient number of physicians to ensure that 100 percent of covered persons reside no more than:

(1) a 20 minute drive or 10 miles, whichever is less, from at least three primary care physicians within each type of primary care specialty as defined in the bill and within the geographic boundaries of the State; and

(2) a 30 minute drive or 15 miles, whichever is less, from at least three office-based medical specialists within each specialty as defined in the bill and within the geographic boundaries of the State.