Ch. 463 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 463
(Senate Bill 416)

AN ACT concerning

Workers' Compensation - Payment of Medical Fees - Penalty

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Workmen's Compensation Commission to assess a
certain fine against an employer or insurer for failure to pay certain medical or
treatment fees within a certain time period; providing that the employer or insurer
remit the amount of the fine to the medical provider Commission for deposit in the
General Fund of the State; providing for certain interest payments on late payments;
requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to
the payment of certain medical or treatment fees by an employer or insurer under
the workers' compensation law.

BY renumbering

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

Section 37(d), (e), and (f), respectively

to be Section 37(e), (f), and (g), respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

Section 37(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 37(d), (e), and (f), respectively, of Article 101 -
Workmen's Compensation of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be
Section(s) 37(e), (f), and (g), respectively.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article 101 - Workmen's Compensation

37.

(D) (1) IF THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE EMPLOYER OR
INSURER HAS FAILED, WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE, TO PAY FOR MEDICAL
TREATMENT OR SERVICES MANDATED BY SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION WITHIN 30 45 DAYS AFTER THE COMMISSION, BY ORDER,
FINALLY APPROVES A CLAIM FOR THE FEE OR CHARGE FOR SUCH
TREATMENT OR SERVICES, THE COMMISSION SHALL MAY ASSESS

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