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Ch. 349
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, to the House Health and Government
Operations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor, May 8, 2007.
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CHAPTER 350
(Senate Bill 752)
AN ACT concerning
Workers' Compensation - Benefits for Dependents
FOR the purpose of clarifying that surviving dependents of certain individuals are
eligible to receive the same workers' compensation benefits as the individual
received at the time of death; and generally relating to workers' compensation
benefits for dependents.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-503
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2006 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.
(a) A paid firefighter, paid fire fighting instructor, or sworn member of the
Office of the State Fire Marshal employed by an airport authority, a county, a fire
control district, a municipality, or the State or a volunteer firefighter, volunteer fire
fighting instructor, volunteer rescue squad member, or volunteer advanced life
support unit member who is a covered employee under § 9-234 of this title is
presumed to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is
compensable under this title if:
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