ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 471

CHAPTER 471
(Senate Bill 639)

AN ACT concerning

Workers' Compensation Benefits - Fraud

FOR the purpose of requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission, if a good faith
belief exists that a person has knowingly obtained certain benefits to which the
person is not entitled, to refer the person to the Insurance Fraud Division in the
Maryland Insurance Administration; requiring the Commission to compile and
abstract information that includes the number and the type of confirmed acts of
insurance fraud; requiring the Commission to refer a person that knowingly
affects or knowingly attempts to affect the payment of certain compensation,
fees, or expenses by means of a fraudulent representation to the Insurance
Fraud Division in the Maryland Insurance Administration Maryland Insurance
Commissioner to include certain information in a certain annual report;
requiring the Insurance Fraud Division to notify the Workers' Compensation
Commission of certain suspected cases of insurance fraud; requiring the
Commission to refer certain persons to the Insurance Fraud Division under
certain circumstances; requiring the Commission, in consultation with the
Insurance Fraud Division and in collaboration with certain persons and
organizations, to conduct a certain study; specifying what the Commission shall
consider as part of the study; requiring the Commission to report its findings
and recommendations by a certain date; altering a certain definition; and
generally relating to workers' compensation insurance fraud.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Insurance

Section 2-401 2-110(a), 2-401, and 2-405
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with without amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-310.1 and 9-1106
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Labor and Employment

Section 9-310.2

Annotated Code of Maryland                                                                           

(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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