PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 38

CHAPTER 38
(House Bill 149)

AN ACT concerning

Workers' Compensation - Insurers Subject to Assessment

FOR the purpose of providing that the insurers that are subject to the annual assessment
by the Workers' Compensation Commission include a governmental self-insurance
group that meets certain requirements, a self-insurance group of private employers
that meets certain requirements, and an individual employer that self-insures in
accordance with a certain provision.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-316(a)(3)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Labor and Employment

9-316.

(a) (3) "Insurer" means:

(i) a stock corporation or mutual association that is authorized under
Article 48A of the Code to provide workers' compensation insurance in the State;

(ii) the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund; [or]

(iii) [a self-insurance group authorized under § 9-402(a)(4) of this
title] A GOVERNMENTAL SELF-INSURANCE GROUP THAT MEETS THE
REQUIREMENTS OF § 9-404 OF THIS TITLE;

(IV)   A SELF-INSURANCE GROUP OF PRIVATE EMPLOYERS THAT
MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 48A, SUBTITLE 44 OF THE CODE; OR

(V)    AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYER THAT SELF-INSURES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH § 9-405 OF THIS TITLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 9, 1996.

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