BLAIR LEE III,

Acting Governor

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development; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent
to the Honorable Blair Lee III, Acting Governor; the
Maryland Association of Travel Executives, P.O. Box 180,
Severna Park, Maryland 21146; the Maryland Hotel and Motor
Inn Association, P.O. Box 180, Severna Park, Maryland 21146;
the Maryland Restaurant Association, 5602 Baltimore National
Pike, Baltimore, Maryland 21228; the Maryland Association of
Campgrounds, Route 1, Box 172A, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
25425; the Maryland State Chamber of Commerce, 60 West
Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401; and the Tourism Council
of the Upper Chesapeake, P.O. Box 66, Centreville, Maryland
21617.

Approved May 29, 1978.

No. 52

(House Joint Resolution 109)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Disability Retirement

FOR the purpose of requesting the several Boards of Trustees
of the State Retirement Systems to consider the
feasibility of a periodic review of persons receiving
disability retirement allowances.

The three State retirement systems each provide
disability retirement benefits, whether through illness or a
job—related accident. The purpose of the disability
allowance is to provide an adequate benefit to persons who
can no longer work in State service.

Before a disability allowance is granted, the
individual undergoes a thorough medical examination.
However, there no longer is any requirement for a periodic
review of those persons who have teen receiving disability
benefits. Although there is no reason to believe that there
has been any abuse of disability benefits, the State may
wish to consider some method of review; now, therefore, be
it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the
Boards of Trustees of the several retirement systems are
requested to review the feasibility of a periodic review of
persons receiving disability retirement allowances and to
bring their findings and recommendations to the Legislative
Policy Committee on or before January 1, 1979; and be it
further