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Ch. 550
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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the maximum limit of certain death benefits payable to a partly dependent
individual and to to a surviving spouse who remarries; and generally relating to
workers' compensation.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-682(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-682 (b), (c), (e) and (d) (b), (c), and (d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
9-682.
(a) If there are no individuals who were totally dependent on the deceased
covered employee at the time of death, but there are individuals who were partly
dependent, the employer or its insurer shall pay death benefit in accordance with this
section.
(b) (1) The maximum weekly death benefit payable under this section shall
equal two-thirds of the average weekly wage of the deceased covered employee, but
may not exceed two-thirds of the State average weekly wage.
(2) The weekly death benefit payable under this section shall be the
percentage of the maximum weekly death benefit under paragraph (1) of this
subsection that:
(i) the weekly earnings of [ each partly dependent individual bear
to the average weekly wage of the deceased covered employee THE DECEASED
COVERED EMPLOYEE BEARS TO THE COMBINED WEEKLY EARNINGS OF THE
DECEASED COVERED EMPLOYEE AND THE PARTLY DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS ] THE
DECEASED COVERED EMPLOYEE BEARS TO THE COMBINED WEEKLY EARNINGS OF
THE DECEASED COVERED EMPLOYEE AND THE PARTLY DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS;
and
(ii) does not exceed the maximum weekly death benefit.
(c) [Except as otherwise provided in this section, the ] THE employer or its
insurer shall pay the weekly death benefit FOR THE PERIOD OF DEPENDENCY [:
(1) for the period of partial dependency; or
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