Ch. 555

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Appeals may require from any employing unit any sworn or unsworn
reports, with respect to persons employed by it, which the
Executive Director or Board of Appeals deems necessary for the
effective administration of this article. Information thus
obtained shall not be published or be open to public inspection
(other than to public employees in the performance of their
public duties) in any manner revealing the employing unit's
identity, but any claimant at a hearing before a special
examiner, a hearing examiner or the Executive Director or Board
of Appeals shall be supplied with information from such records
to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of his claim.
Any employee of the Executive Director or Board of Appeals who
violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more
than $1,000.00 or imprisoned for not longer than one year, or
both.

(2) No report, communication or any other such matter
either oral or written from the employee or employer to each
other or to the Executive Director or Board of Appeals or any of
their agents, representatives or employees, which shall have been
written, sent, delivered or made in connection with the
requirements and administration of this article shall be made the
subject matter or basis of any suit for slander [or libel],
LIBEL, OR ABUSIVE OR WRONGFUL DISCHARGE in any court, unless such
report, communication, or other such matter is false and
malicious.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 25, 1989.

CHAPTER 555

(Senate Bill 170)

AN ACT concerning

Motor Vehicle Insurance - Waiver of Coverage

FOR the purpose of permitting an insured to waive certain
coverage of certain medical, hospital, and disability
benefits provided in motor vehicle liability insurance
policies under certain circumstances; requiring an insurer
to provide certain medical, hospital, and disability
benefits unless an insured makes an affirmative waiver of
the coverage and benefits; providing that the insured must
be notified of the nature of the benefits before waiving
coverage; repealing a certain provision that provided that

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