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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 227
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(b) An individual may be paid a self-employment assistance allowance if the
individual:
(1) is determined eligible to be paid regular unemployment insurance
benefits except for the requirements described in subsection (c) of this section;
(2) is identified by a worker profiling system, as outlined in the Code of
Maryland Regulations, as an individual likely to exhaust regular unemployment
insurance benefits;
(3) has filed an application for participation in a self-employment
assistance program within 60 days of filing an initial claim for benefits and has
provided the information the Secretary may prescribe;
(4) has, at the time the application is filed, a balance of regular benefits
equal to at least 18 times the individual's weekly benefit amount in the individual's
benefit year;
(5) has been accepted into a program approved by the Secretary that will
provide self-employment assistance activities;
(6) is participating in self-employment assistance activities;
(7) is actively engaged on a full-time basis in activities, which may
include training, relating to establishing a business and becoming self-employed; and
(8) has filed a weekly claim for the self-employment assistance
allowance and provided the information the Secretary prescribes.
(c) A self-employment assistance allowance is payable on the same terms and
subject to the same conditions as regular unemployment insurance benefits except
that:
(1) the requirements of § 8-903 of this title relating to availability for
work and actively seeking work are not applicable to the individual;
(2) the requirements of § 8-1005 of this title relating to refusal to accept
referrals or offers of suitable work are not applicable to the individual;
(3) the provisions of § 8-803(d) of this title concerning subtracting any
wages in excess of $70 will not apply to the individual;
(4) an individual will be considered unemployed for the purposes of §
8-801 of this title; and
(5) an individual who fails to participate in self-employment activities or
who fails to actively engage on a full-time basis in activities, which may include
training, related to establishing a business and becoming self-employed is denied for
the week in which the failure occurs.
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