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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 398
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Approved May 11, 2000.
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CHAPTER 398
(House Bill 612)
AN ACT concerning
Workers* Compensation - Temporary Total Disability Benefits - Jurisdiction
of the Commission
FOR the purpose of expanding the circumstances under which the Workers'
Compensation Commission retains jurisdiction pending an appeal to include a
request for temporary total disability benefits; and authorizing the Commission,
under certain circumstances, to pass a certain supplemental order that an
employer provide temporary total benefits pending an appeal; providing that
this Act may not be construed to prevent the Commission from ordering a
certain offset or credit; providing that the insurer or self-insurer is entitled to a
certain offset or credit under certain circumstances; and generally relating to
the jurisdiction of the Commission.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-742
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
9-742.
(a) The Commission retains jurisdiction pending an appeal to consider:
(1) a request for additional medical treatment and attention; AND
(2) A REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS,
PROVIDED THAT THE COVERED EMPLOYEE'S TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY
BENEFITS WERE GRANTED IN THE ORDER ON APPEAL, AND WERE TERMINATED BY
THE INSURER OR SELF-INSURER PENDING ADJUDICATION OR RESOLUTION OF THE
APPEAL.
(b) (1) If the Commission finds that a covered employee needs additional
medical attention pending an appeal, the Commission may pass a supplemental order
requiring the employer to provide additional medical treatment and attention.
(2) IF THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT A COVERED EMPLOYEE NEEDS
EMPLOYEE'S TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS WERE TERMINATED
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