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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 3449
Approved May 26, 1977.
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CHAPTER 907
(Senate Bill 774)
AN ACT concerning
Employment - Disability Benefits
For Pregnancy
FOR the purpose of requiring employers to treat
disabilities caused or contributed to by pregnancy
and or childbirth in the same manner as they treat
other disabilities with certain limitations,
BY adding to
Article 49B — Human Relations Commission
Section 19A
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1972 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 19A be and it is hereby added
to Article 49B - Human Relations Commission, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and
1976 Supplement) to read as follows:
Article 49B - Human Relations Commission
19A.
DISABILITIES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY PREGNANCY
AND OR CHILDBIRTH, AND RECOVERY THEREFROM, AGE TEMPORARY
DISABILITIES FOR ALL JOB RELATED PURPOSES, AND SHALL BE
TREATED AS SUCH UNDER ANY HEALTH OR TEMPORARY DISABILITY
INSURANCE OR SICK LEAVE PLAN AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH
EMPLOYMENT. HOWEVER, NO EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
TEMPORARY DISABILITY INSURANCE OR A SICK LEAVE PLAN FOR
MORE THAN SIX WEEKS BENEFITS FOR A NORMAL CHILDBIRTH OR
PREGNANCY. WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND
PRACTICES INVOLVING MATTERS SUCH AS THE COMMENCEMENT AND
DURATION OF LEAVE, THE AVAILABILITY OF EXTENSIONS, THE
ACCRUAL OF SENIORITY AND OTHER BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES,
REINSTATEMENT AND PAYMENT UNDER ANY HEALTH OR TEMPORARY
DISABILITY INSURANCE OR SICK LEAVE PLAN, FORMAL OR
INFORMAL, SHALL BE APPLIED TO DISABILITY DUE TO PREGNANCY
AND OR CHILDBIRTH ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS
THEY ARE APPLIED TO OTHER TEMPORARY DISABILITIES SUBJECT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
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