HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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granted accident leave with full SICK pay if, after medical
examination, a physician certifies that the injury or
accident disables the employee.

(2)  Accident leave shall be granted from the
date of the job related injury until a physician certifies
that the employee is healed and physically able to return to
work, but may not be extended beyond one year from the
injury date. The employer's physician may examine the
injured employee periodically to determine the progress of
and length of time necessary for his recovery.

(3)  The injured employee shall not receive
temporary total benefits under workmen's compensation while
receiving full SICK pay under this [section] SUBSECTION.

(H) EXCEPT IF THE SICK LEAVE IS TAKEN AT THE OPTION OF
THE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE OF A DEATH IN THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY, ANY
PAYMENT OF SICK PAY MADE TO A STATE EMPLOYEE UNDER THIS
SECTION SHALL BE MADE AS A SEPARATE BENEFIT ON ACCOUNT OF
SICKNESS OR ACCIDENT DISABILITY AND NOT AS A CONTINUATION OF
SALARY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
36(b) through (h), respectively, of Article 73B - Pensions,
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be
Section(s) 36(c) through (i), respectively.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article 73B - Pensions

36.

The following terms, whenever used or referred to in
this subtitle, shall have the following respective meanings,
unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(a) The term "wages" means all remuneration for
employment as defined herein, including the cash value of
all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash, except
that such terms shall not include SICK PAY AS THAT TERM IS
DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE that part of
such remuneration which, even if it were for "employment"
within the meaning of the Federal Contributions Act, would
not constitute "wages" within the meaning of that act.

(B) THE TERM "SICK PAY" MEANS ANY PAYMENT MADE TO AN
EMPLOYEE ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS OR ACCIDENT DISABILITY AS
AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE 64A § 37 OF THE CODE THE LAWS OF
THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.