ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

H.B. 736

City deputy sheriffs to submit certain medical reports to the Baltimore City
Sheriff; and generally relating to compensability of Baltimore City deputy
sheriffs under the workers' compensation law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Labor and Employment
Section 9-503(b) and (e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

Article - Labor and Employment

9-503.

(b) (1) A paid police officer employed by an airport authority, a county, the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, a municipality, or the
State, A DEPUTY SHERIFF OF BALTIMORE CITY, a deputy sheriff of Montgomery
County, or, subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a DEPUTY SHERIFF OF
BALTIMORE CITY, Prince George's County deputy sheriff, or Prince George's County
correctional officer is presumed to be suffering from an occupational disease that was
suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under this title if:

(i) the police officer, deputy sheriff, or correctional officer is
suffering from heart disease or hypertension; and

(ii) the heart disease or hypertension results in partial or total
disability or death.

(2) (i) A DEPUTY SHERIFF OF BALTIMORE CITY, Prince George's
County deputy sheriff or Prince George's County correctional officer is entitled to the
presumption under this subsection only to the extent that the individual suffers from
heart disease or hypertension that is more severe than the individual's heart disease
or hypertension condition existing prior to the individual's employment as a DEPUTY
SHERIFF OF BALTIMORE CITY, Prince George's County deputy sheriff, or Prince
George's County correctional officer.

(ii) To be eligible for the presumption under this subsection, a
DEPUTY SHERIFF OF BALTIMORE CITY, Prince George's County deputy sheriff, or
Prince George's County correctional officer, as a condition of employment, shall
submit to a medical examination to determine any heart disease or hypertension
condition existing prior to the individual's employment as a DEPUTY SHERIFF OF
BALTIMORE CITY, Prince George's County deputy sheriff, or Prince George's County
correctional officer.

(e) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, any paid
firefighter, paid fire fighting instructor, sworn member of the Office of the State Fire
Marshal, paid police officer, paid law enforcement employee of the Department of
Natural Resources, deputy sheriff of Montgomery County, DEPUTY SHERIFF OF

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