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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 468
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(C) THE COMMISSION MAY ASSESS A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $1,000 ON AN
INSURER THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION.
9-404.
(g) (1) Each governmental self-insurance group shall have in the State an
office run by a competent individual who handles all of the workers' compensation
work in the State for the governmental self-insurance group.
[(2) A governmental self-insurance group that violates any provision of
this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not
exceeding $1,000.
(3) The Commission may prohibit self-insurance by a governmental
self-insurance group that is convicted under this subsection.]
(2) EACH GOVERNMENTAL SELF-INSURANCE GROUP SHALL ESTABLISH
A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER THROUGH WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OR CLAIMANT,
OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN EMPLOYEE OR CLAIMANT, MAY MAKE DIRECT
TELEPHONE INQUIRIES DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.
(3) THE COMMISSION MAY ASSESS A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $1,000 ON A
GOVERNMENTAL SELF-INSURANCE GROUP THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THIS
SUBSECTION.
9-405.
(d) (1) Each employer [who] THAT self-insures under this section shall
have in the State an office run by a competent individual who handles all of the
workers' compensation work in the State for the employer.
[(2) An employer who violates any provision of this subsection is guilty of
a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
(3) The Commission may prohibit self-insurance by an employer who is
convicted under this subsection.]
(2) EACH EMPLOYER THAT SELF-INSURES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
ESTABLISH A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER THROUGH WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OR
CLAIMANT, OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN EMPLOYEE OR CLAIMANT, MAY MAKE
DIRECT TELEPHONE INQUIRIES DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.
(3) THE COMMISSION MAY ASSESS A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $1,000 ON A
SELF-INSURER THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THIS SUBSECTION.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October June 1, 2000.
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Approved May 11, 2000.
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