Ch. 6

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Error: Erroneous language in Article 101, § 56(a).

Occurred: In the printing of Ch. 443, Acts of 1987.

66.

(2) (a) The Workmen's Compensation Commission shall assess
a percentage amount, to be made payable to the Subsequent Injury
Fund, on all awards rendered against an employer, or, if insured,
the [employers] EMPLOYER'S insurance carrier or the State
Accident Fund, for permanent disability and death, including
awards for disfigurement and mutilation and also on all amounts
payable by an employer or his insurance carrier or State Accident
Fund pursuant to settlement agreements approved by the Commission
as follows:

(i) 5 percent as to awards and settlement
agreements approved on and after June 1, 1963 and prior to July
1, 1987; and

(ii) 6 1/2 percent as to all awards and
settlement agreements approved on and after July 1, 1987.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Punctuation omitted in Article 101, §
66(2)(a).

Occurred: Ch. 442, Acts of 1987.

(5) In any case which shall come before the Workmen's
Compensation Commission involving payments from the fund, it
shall request the Attorney General to furnish a member of his
staff to represent the fund in hearings before it. In a case in
which the fund is impleaded and subject to the approval of the
Subsequent Injury Fund Board, the representative of the fund may
hire any experts necessary to properly defend the action.
Expenses incurred shall be paid from the Subsequent Injury Fund
as directed by the Board. In any award it shall make from the
fund, the Commission shall specifically find the amount the
injured employee shall be paid weekly, the number of weeks'
compensation to be paid, the date upon which payments from the
fund shall begin, and, if possible, the length of time such
payments shall continue. In making any award from the fund for a
subsequent injury in cases of permanent disability under [§§
36(1), 36(3), and 36(4)] § 36(1) AND (3) of this article, the
Commission shall deduct from any award made against this fund the
dollar amount of any prior permanent disability payment received
by a claimant under any prior award for permanent disability,
made by or under any prior final compromise and settlement
agreement approved by this Commission, or by a similar commission
in any other state or the District of Columbia, provided the
prior permanent disability contributes to the claimant's current

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