Ch. 296 .                                 1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 296
(House Bill 583)

AN ACT concerning

Labor and Employment - Injured Workers'—Insurance Fund - Prisoner Coverage

Workers' Compensation Laws - Compliance With Federal Program

FOR the purpose of specifying that certain prisoners employed under a certain federal
program under the supervision of State Use Industries are covered under the
Injured Workers' Insurance Fund State workers' compensation laws under certain
circumstances; exempting certain prisoners from exclusive coverage under the
Sundry Claims Board for injuries sustained under certain circumstances; requiring
the State Use Industries to report by a certain date on the impact of this Act; providing
for the termination of this Act; and generally relating to the coverage of prisoners
under the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund State workers' compensation laws,

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-221

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

Section 4-701(a) and (i)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Labor and Employment

9-221.

(a) [A prisoner is a covered employee while the prisoner is:

(1) working for a board of county commissioners, a county council, or a
county roads board if:

(1) (I) the county pays the prisoner a wage or stipulated sum; and

(2) (II) the prisoner sustains permanent partial or permanent total
disability or dies, as a result of an accidental personal injury; OR]

A PRISONER IS A COVERED EMPLOYEE WHILE THE PRISONER IS;

(1) WORKING FOR A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, A COUNTY
COUNCIL, OR A COUNTY ROADS BOARD IF:

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