| Authorizes a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder; and requires a licensed certified social worker-clinical to comply with certain requirements to perform the evaluation services. | House | 3/19/2025 | HB 1210 | In Senate Committee | 2025 |
| Authorizes the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; and establishes rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations. | House | 3/18/2025 | HB 15 | In Senate Committee | 2025 |
| Alters the circumstances under which the Uninsured Employers’ Fund must collect or suspend a certain assessment; alters the additional percentage the Uninsured Employers’ Fund Board may direct the Workers Compensation Commission to assess on awards and settlements if the Board determines that the reserves of the Fund are inadequate to meet anticipated losses; requires the Workers Compensation Commission to designate a certain special monitor for certain purposes. | Senate | 3/17/2025 | SB 219 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Relates to authorizing the Workers Compensation Commission to offset or credit against an award certain benefits paid by the Uninsured Employers’ Fund; requires the Fund to begin paying compensation in accordance with certain provisions of law; alters the process by which an award is payable from the Fund; requires the Workers Compensation Commission to make the Fund a party to a claim filed against an uninsured employer; authorizes a covered employee or the dependents of a covered employee to apply to the Director of the Fund for payment from the Fund; alters requirements related to notice of claims, raising of issues, payment of awards, and reimbursement of awards; requires the Fund to pay certain additional awards under certain circumstances. | Senate | 3/17/2025 | SB 227 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Requires the State Workers Compensation Commission to regulate fees and other charges for the reimbursement of prescription drugs and pharmaceutical services under certain circumstances; limits reimbursements to a certain cost index or indexes; requires the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board to conduct a certain study. | Senate | 3/17/2025 | SB 306 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Alters the entities to which and the information of which a claimant is required to authorize the release in a claim application filed with the Workers Compensation Commission. | Senate | 3/17/2025 | SB 830 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Relates to altering the membership of the Uninsured Employers' Fund Board; and requires, rather than authorizes, the Board to establish reserves to meet potential losses of the Uninsured Employers' Fund. | Senate | 3/14/2025 | SB 695 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Alters the additional percentage the Uninsured Employers’ Fund Board may direct the Workers Compensation Commission to assess on awards and settlements if the Board determines that the reserves of the Fund are inadequate to meet anticipated losses. | House | 3/13/2025 | HB 193 | In Senate Committee | 2025 |
| Authorizes the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; and establishes rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations. | Senate | 2/17/2025 | SB 144 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Authorizes a licensed certified social worker-clinical and a licensed clinical professional counselor to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; and provides that a licensed certified social worker-clinical or a licensed clinical professional counselor is not subject to certain supervision requirements. | House | 2/10/2025 | HB 1404 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Requires that the average weekly wages from employments of a covered employee who, at the time of an accidental personal injury, was concurrently employed by more than one employer be combined for purposes of computing the average weekly wages under certain circumstances; requires that the Subsequent Injury Fund or the Uninsured Employers' Fund reimburse an employer for certain compensation paid by the employer; and requires the average weekly wage for certain covered employees to be recalculated under the Act. | House | 2/10/2025 | HB 1455 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Relates to prohibiting an employer from disclosing or threatening to disclose an employee's immigration status to a public body for the purpose of concealing an employer's violation of certain labor, benefit, or tax laws; authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate a violation of the Act on the Commissioner's own initiative or on receipt of a written complaint; and authorizes an alleged violator to request an administrative hearing. | House | 2/10/2025 | HB 1476 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Eliminates citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requires that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable. | House | 1/27/2025 | HB 696 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Eliminates citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requires that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable. | Senate | 1/24/2025 | SB 490 | In Senate Committee | 2025 |
| Establishes that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers compensation and are deemed to have hypertension for purposes of an occupational disease presumption for hypertension if certain requirements are met. | House | 1/8/2025 | HB 217 | In House Committee | 2025 |
| Establishes that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers compensation and are deemed to have hypertension for purposes of an occupational disease presumption for hypertension if certain requirements are met. | Senate | 1/8/2025 | SB 173 | In Senate Committee | 2025 |
| Provides that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers compensation law; and specifies that the presumption does not limit any other right or claim an individual may have under workers compensation law. | House | 7/15/2024 | HB 190 | Failed | 2024 |
| Establishes the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care services for residents of the State by specified date; establishes requirements and prohibitions related to Healthy Maryland, including provisions regarding eligibility, participation by and payments to health care providers, benefits, payroll premiums, funding, and collective negotiations with health care providers. | House | 7/15/2024 | HB 184 | Failed | 2024 |
| Establishes that governmental essential workers are presumed to have an occupational disease that is compensable under workers compensation law after being diagnosed with long COVID under certain circumstances; and applies the Act retroactively. | Senate | 7/15/2024 | SB 431 | Failed | 2024 |
| Alters the exception to the exclusivity of an employer's liability under workers compensation law for covered employees who are injured or killed as the result of the deliberate intent of the employer to injure or kill the covered employee; deems an employer to have acted with deliberate intent under certain circumstances; establishes an exception to exclusivity of liability of an employer under workers compensation law for a covered employee who is killed by another employee; and applies the Act retroactively. | Senate | 7/15/2024 | SB 750 | Failed | 2024 |
| Requires the Uninsured Employers' Fund to begin paying compensation for a workers compensation claim within 15 days after the later of the date an award is made or payment of an award is due; applies certain provisions of law regarding the failure to timely pay awards to the Fund; and applies the Act prospectively. | Senate | 7/15/2024 | SB 789 | Failed | 2024 |
| Requires the Uninsured Employers' Fund to begin paying compensation for a workers compensation claim within 15 days after the later of the date an award is made or payment of an award is due; applies certain provisions of law regarding the failure to timely pay awards to the Fund; and applies the Act prospectively. | House | 7/15/2024 | HB 915 | Failed | 2024 |
| Establishes that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers compensation and are deemed to have hypertension for purposes of an occupational disease presumption for hypertension if certain requirements are met. | Senate | 7/15/2024 | SB 844 | Failed | 2024 |
| Requires the employer at the employment where the accidental personal injury or occupational disease occurred or its insurer to pay a temporarily partially disabled covered employee who holds concurrent employment compensation that equals two-thirds of the average weekly wage of the covered employee under certain circumstances; provides that an employer may not be required to pay certain compensation for more than a 6-month period; and applies the Act prospectively. | Senate | 7/15/2024 | SB 845 | Failed | 2024 |
| Authorizes certain licensed social workers to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; and authorizes a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder. | Senate | 7/15/2024 | SB 931 | Failed | 2024 |
| Extends, for 60 days, the period of time during which the Workers Compensation Commission may modify an award related to a workers compensation claim if an appeal is filed during the original 5-year period during which the Commission maintains authority to modify an appeal; and applies the Act prospectively. | House | 7/15/2024 | HB 1050 | Failed | 2024 |
| Extends, for 60 days, the period of time during which the Workers Compensation Commission may modify an award related to a workers compensation claim if an appeal is filed during the original 5-year period during which the Commission maintains authority to modify an appeal. | Senate | 7/15/2024 | SB 919 | Failed | 2024 |
| Provides that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers compensation law; and specifies that the presumption does not limit any other right or claim an individual may have under workers compensation law. | Senate | 7/15/2024 | SB 1069 | Failed | 2024 |
| Establishes that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers compensation and are deemed to have hypertension for purposes of an occupational disease presumption for hypertension if certain requirements are met. | House | 7/15/2024 | HB 1145 | Failed | 2024 |
| Authorizes licensed social workers to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; and authorizes a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder. | House | 7/15/2024 | HB 1285 | Failed | 2024 |
| In part, alters the definition of "practice social work" to clarify the types of assessments that may be performed by a licensee, adds biopsychosocial treatment as a treatment option, and clarifies the scope of practice for individuals licensed as certified social worker-clinical. | House | 7/15/2024 | HB 1289 | Failed | 2024 |
| Authorizes the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; establishes rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations. | Senate | 7/15/2024 | SB 85 | Failed | 2024 |
| Requires that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; alters the scope of practice of a physician assistant; alters the education required for licensure as a physician assistant; authorizes physician assistants who are employees of the federal government to perform acts, tasks, or functions as a physician assistant during a certain disaster; requires the State Board of Physicians to review and update the list of advance duties for physician assistants. | House | 5/17/2024 | HB 806 | Enacted | 2024 |
| Alters the frequencies in which industrial noise must be for an employer to be required to provide workers compensation to a covered employee for hearing loss; alters the method used to determine the percentage of hearing loss deafness for purposes of workers compensation; alters the method used to determine the deduction required to be made to allow for the average amount of hearing loss from nonoccupational causes in the population for purposes of calculating workers compensation benefits for occupational deafness. | House | 4/29/2024 | HB 669 | Enacted | 2024 |
| Alters the frequencies in which industrial noise must be for an employer to be required to provide workers compensation to a covered employee for hearing loss; alters the method used to determine the percentage of hearing loss deafness for purposes of workers compensation; alters the method used to determine the deduction required to be made to allow for the average amount of hearing loss from nonoccupational causes in the population for purposes of calculating workers compensation benefits for occupational deafness. | Senate | 4/29/2024 | SB 843 | Enacted | 2024 |
| Alters the penalties for an employer’s failure to secure required workers compensation insurance or comply with an order of the State Workers Compensation Commission regarding an employer’s failure to secure required workers compensation insurance. | Senate | 4/10/2024 | SB 216 | Enacted | 2024 |
| Provides that certain first responders who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers compensation law. | Senate | 4/10/2024 | SB 476 | Enacted | 2024 |
| Provides that certain first responders who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers compensation law. | House | 4/10/2024 | HB 584 | Enacted | 2024 |
| Provides that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post–traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers compensation law; limits the applicability of the presumption to benefits for services related to the diagnosis and treatment of post–traumatic stress disorder for a certain time period; specifies that the presumption does not limit any right or claim an individual may have under workers compensation law. | House | 7/18/2023 | HB 335 | Failed | 2023 |
| Provides that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post–traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable; limits the applicability of the presumption to benefits for services related to the diagnosis and treatment of post–traumatic stress disorder for a certain time period; specifies that the presumption does not limit any right or claim an individual may have under workers compensation law. | Senate | 7/18/2023 | SB 406 | Failed | 2023 |
| Alters the circumstances under which the payment of a benefit by a governmental unit or quasi–public corporation to a covered employee offsets the liability for benefits under the workers compensation law; states that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Maryland Association of Counties and the Professional Fire Fighters of Maryland jointly research and report certain information; and generally relates to workers compensation benefits. | House | 7/18/2023 | HB 590 | Failed | 2023 |
| Repeals the requirement that certain firefighters, firefighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal experience partial or total disability or death for hypertension to be presumed to be an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers compensation law. | Senate | 7/18/2023 | SB 538 | Failed | 2023 |
| Authorizes a licensed certified social worker–clinical to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; authorizes a licensed certified social worker–clinical to provide evaluation services for workers compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder. | House | 7/18/2023 | HB 694 | Failed | 2023 |
| Relate to repealing the requirement that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal experience partial or total disability or death for hypertension to be presumed to be an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers compensation law. | House | 7/18/2023 | HB 919 | Failed | 2023 |
| Requires the Workers Compensation Commission, under certain circumstances, to order the employer or its insurer, a self–insured employer, or the Uninsured Employers’ Fund to pay a fee of not more than a certain amount for legal services rendered on behalf of a covered employee. | House | 7/18/2023 | HB 1012 | Failed | 2023 |
| Requires that a physician assistant have a collaboration registration, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; alters the scope of practice of a physician assistant; alters the education required for licensure as a physician assistant; authorizes physician assistants who are employees of the federal government to perform acts, tasks, or functions as a physician assistant during a certain disaster; provides certain immunity to certain physician assistants. | House | 7/18/2023 | HB 727 | Failed | 2023 |
| Requires that a physician assistant have a collaboration registration, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; alters the scope of practice of a physician assistant; alters the education required for licensure as a physician assistant; authorizes physician assistants who are employees of the federal government to perform acts, tasks, or functions as a physician assistant during a certain disaster; provides certain immunity to certain physician assistants. | Senate | 7/18/2023 | SB 673 | Failed | 2023 |
| Establishes the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal single–payer health care services for residents of the State; in part, establishes requirements and prohibitions related to Healthy Maryland, including provisions regarding eligibility, participation by and payments to health care providers, benefits, payroll premiums, funding, and collective negotiations with health care providers. | House | 7/18/2023 | HB 25 | Failed | 2023 |
| Requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to refer to the Comptroller certain complaints that allege a violation of certain tax laws under certain circumstances. | Senate | 7/18/2023 | SB 838 | Failed | 2023 |
| Specifies that a certain percentage of the net recovery by the debtor on a claim for workers compensation is subject to execution on a judgment for a child support arrearage. | Senate | 5/4/2023 | SB 71 | Enacted | 2023 |
| Alters the circumstances under which the payment of a benefit by a governmental unit or quasi–public corporation to a covered employee offsets the liability for benefits under the workers compensation law; states that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Maryland Association of Counties and the Professional Fire Fighters of Maryland jointly research and report data and analysis on the effects of the Act by December 1, 2024. | Senate | 5/4/2023 | SB 377 | Enacted | 2023 |
| Establishes that a hernia caused as a result of repetitive trauma may be considered an occupational disease and be compensable subject to certain provisions of the workers compensation law. | Senate | 5/4/2023 | SB 839 | Enacted | 2023 |
| Relates to specifying that a certain percentage of the net recovery by the debtor on a claim for workers compensation is subject to execution on a judgment for a child support arrearage. | House | 5/4/2023 | HB 800 | Enacted | 2023 |
| Establishes that a hernia caused as a result of repetitive trauma may be considered an occupational disease and be compensable subject to certain provisions of the workers compensation law. | House | 5/4/2023 | HB 902 | Enacted | 2023 |
| Establishes that first responders, public safety employees, and healthcare workers are presumed to have an occupational disease that is compensable under workers compensation law after a positive test or diagnosis for COVID–19; applies this Act retroactively; and generally relates to an occupational disease presumption for COVID–19 under workers compensation law. | Senate | 6/7/2022 | SB 10 | Failed | 2022 |
| Relates to altering the workers compensation benefits that the Director of the Uninsured Employers’ Fund is required to pay to former employees of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation; applies this Act retroactively; and generally relates to the Uninsured Employers’ Fund. | Senate | 6/7/2022 | SB 177 | Failed | 2022 |
| Provides that a 9–1–1 specialist who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty or in the course of employment and is compensable under workers compensation law.
| Senate | 6/7/2022 | SB 374 | Failed | 2022 |
| Provides that a 9–1–1 specialist who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty or in the course of employment and is compensable under workers compensation law. | House | 6/7/2022 | HB 439 | Failed | 2022 |
| Authorizes the Workers Compensation Commission, if there is no compensation other than a medical benefit payable to a covered employee, to order that a fee of not more than $2,000 for legal services rendered on behalf of the covered employee be payable by the covered employee, an employer or its insurer, a self–insured employer, or the Uninsured Employers’ Fund; exempts the ordered fee from the requirement that a fee approved by the Commission be a lien on compensation awarded. | Senate | 6/7/2022 | SB 433 | Failed | 2022 |
| Authorizes the Workers Compensation Commission, if there is no compensation other than a medical benefit payable to a covered employee, to order that a fee of not more than $2,000 for legal services rendered on behalf of the covered employee be payable by the covered employee, an employer or its insurer, a self–insured employer, or the Uninsured Employers’ Fund; exempts the ordered fee from the requirement that a fee approved by the Commission be a lien on compensation awarded; and generally relates to fees for legal services rendered in connection with a workers compensation claim.
| House | 6/7/2022 | HB 501 | Failed | 2022 |
| Alters the circumstances under which a covered employee or a dependent of a covered employee is not entitled to compensation or benefits under the workers compensation law to include circumstances related to the use of medical cannabis; includes medical cannabis in the medicine that an employer or its insurer is required to provide to a covered employee except under certain circumstances. | House | 6/7/2022 | HB 614 | Failed | 2022 |
| Alters the circumstances under which a covered employee or a dependent of a covered employee is not entitled to compensation or benefits under the workers compensation law to include circumstances related to the use of medical cannabis; includes medical cannabis in the medicine that an employer or its insurer is required to provide to a certain covered employee under certain circumstances; prohibits an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual’s receipt of a certain written certification for the use of medical cannabis or the individual’s positive drug test under certain circumstances. | House | 6/7/2022 | HB 628 | Failed | 2022 |
| Relates to specifying that a certain percentage of the net recovery by the debtor on a claim for workers compensation is subject to execution on a judgment for a child support arrearage; and generally relates to executions on a judgment.
| House | 6/7/2022 | HB 650 | Failed | 2022 |
| Authorizes a licensed certified social worker–clinical to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; authorizes a licensed certified social worker–clinical to provide evaluation services for workers compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder. | House | 6/7/2022 | HB 1164 | Failed | 2022 |
| In part, requires the University System of Maryland, in consultation with the Workers’ Compensation Commission and the Board, to conduct a certain study; generally relating to 9–1–1 emergency telephone systems. | Senate | 6/9/2021 | SB 714 | Enacted | 2021 |
| In part, requires the University System of Maryland, in consultation with the Workers’ Compensation Commission and the Board, to conduct a certain study; generally relating to 9–1–1 emergency telephone systems. | House | 6/9/2021 | HB 989 | Enacted | 2021 |
| Provides for enhanced workers compensation benefits for a Baltimore County correctional officer and a Baltimore County detention officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than a certain number of weeks. | Senate | 5/20/2021 | SB 651 | Enacted | 2021 |
| Provides for enhanced workers compensation benefits for a Baltimore County correctional officer and a Baltimore County detention officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than a certain number of weeks. | House | 5/19/2021 | HB 85 | Enacted | 2021 |
| Authorizing the Workers' Compensation Commission, if there is no compensation other than a medical benefit payable to a covered employee, to order that a fee of not more than $2,000 for legal services rendered on behalf of the covered employee be payable by the covered employee, an employer or its insurer, a self-insured employer, or the Uninsured Employers' Fund; exempting a certain fee for legal services from a certain provision of law providing that a fee ordered by the Commission is a lien on compensation awarded. | Senate | 3/4/2021 | SB 951 | In Senate Committee | 2021 |
| Provides that certain covered employees who are suffering from the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease the was suffered in the line of duty or course of employment and is compensable in a certain manner; requiring an individual who is eligible for certain benefits to provide a copy of the positive test or the written documentation confirming the diagnosis to the employer or insurer. | House | 2/12/2021 | HB 1199 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Provides that certain covered employees who are suffering from the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty or course of employment and is compensable in a certain manner; requiring an individual who is eligible for benefits under certain provisions of the Act to provide a copy of a certain test or certain written documentation to the employer or insurer. | Senate | 2/12/2021 | SB 812 | In Senate Committee | 2021 |
| Provides that certain covered employees who are suffering from the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease the was suffered in the line of duty or course of employment and is compensable in a certain manner; requiring an individual who is eligible for certain benefits to provide a copy of the positive test or written documentation confirming the diagnosis to the employer or insurer. | Senate | 2/12/2021 | SB 813 | In Senate Committee | 2021 |
| Provides that certain covered employees who are suffering from the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty or course of employment and is compensable in a certain manner. | House | 2/10/2021 | HB 1247 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Establishes that, under certain circumstances, public elementary and secondary school employees in the State are presumed to have an occupational disease that is compensable under workers compensation law after a certain positive test or diagnosis for COVID-19; providing that a certain presumption may be rebutted with certain evidence; and terminating the Act after July 31, 2022. | Senate | 2/10/2021 | SB 860 | In Senate Committee | 2021 |
| Provides that certain covered employees who are suffering from the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty or course of employment and is compensable in a certain manner. | Senate | 2/9/2021 | SB 725 | In Senate Committee | 2021 |
| Provides that certain covered employees who are suffering from the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty or course of employment and is compensable in a certain manner; requiring an individual who is eligible for benefits under certain provisions of the Act to provide a copy of a certain test or written documentation to the employer or insurer. | Senate | 2/9/2021 | SB 756 | In Senate Committee | 2021 |
| Extends to June 30, 2022, the termination provision relating to the percentages of certain assessments imposed by the Workers' Compensation Commission payable to the Uninsured Employers' Fund and the Subsequent Injury Fund. | House | 2/3/2021 | HB 876 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Provides that certain firefighters, rescue squad members, advance life support unit members, police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, correctional officers, and certain health care workers and child care workers, who are suffering from the effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 are presumed, under certain circumstances, to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty or course of employment and is compensable in a certain manner. | House | 2/1/2021 | HB 765 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Provides that, under certain circumstances, a covered employee or a dependent of a covered employee is not entitled to workers compensation or benefits if a certain accidental personal injury, compensable hernia, or occupational disease was caused solely by the effect of medical cannabis on the employee and the medical cannabis was not administered or taken with the written certification of a certifying provider or the written instructions of a physician; applying the Act prospectively. | House | 1/27/2021 | HB 683 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Provides that, under certain circumstances, a covered employee or a dependent of a covered employee is not entitled to workers compensation or benefits if a certain accidental personal injury, compensable hernia, or occupational disease was caused solely by the effect of medical cannabis on the employee and the medical cannabis was not administered or taken with the written certification of a certifying provider or the written instructions of a physician; applying the Act prospectively. | Senate | 1/21/2021 | SB 461 | In Senate Committee | 2021 |
| In part, establishes the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; states that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishes the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee. | House | 1/19/2021 | HB 534 | In House Committee | 2021 |
| Alters the percentage a certain assessment imposed by the Workers' Compensation Commission payable to the Subsequent Injury Fund; alters the percentage of a certain assessment imposed by the Commission payable to the Uninsured Employers' Fund; provides for the termination of this Act; and generally relates to assessments related to the Subsequent Injury Fund and the Uninsured Employers' Fund. | Senate | 6/3/2020 | SB 8 | Enacted | 2020 |
| Requires, rather than authorizes, the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund to be the third-party administrator for the State's Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Program for State Employees under a contract with the State; authorizes the Fund to use nonsupervisory employees of the Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company; authorizes nonsupervisory employees of the Company to be assigned to perform certain functions under a certain contract; alters the membership of the Board for the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund; etc. | House | 6/3/2020 | HB 99 | Enacted | 2020 |
| Requires, rather than authorizes, the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund to be the third-party administrator for the State's Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Program for State Employees under a contract with the State; authorizes the Fund to use nonsupervisory employees of the Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company; authorizes nonsupervisory employees of the Company to be assigned to perform certain functions under a certain contract; alters the membership of the Board for the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund; etc. | Senate | 6/3/2020 | SB 616 | Enacted | 2020 |
| In part, alters the time period from 30 to 45 days within which a covered employee must report to the employer a hernia caused by an accidental personal injury or by a strain arising out of and in the course of employment for the purpose of filing a claim for compensation; authorizes a covered employee to file a claim for compensation for a hernia caused by an accidental personal injury within 2 years after the date the accidental personal injury occurred under certain circumstances. | Senate | 6/3/2020 | SB 784 | Enacted | 2020 |
| Provides for enhanced workers compensation benefits for a Harford County deputy sheriff, a Harford County correctional officer, and a Harford County detention officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than a certain number of weeks. | House | 5/15/2020 | HB 685 | Enacted | 2020 |
| Provides that a member of a volunteer company in Washington County who is at least 15 years old and is enrolled in the Fire and Rescue Academy Program operated by the Washington County Board of Education is a covered employee for purposes of receiving workers compensation benefits. | House | 5/15/2020 | HB 810 | Enacted | 2020 |
| In part, establishes the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee. | House | 3/3/2020 | HB 1648 | In House Committee | 2020 |
| In part, establishes the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee. | Senate | 3/2/2020 | SB 1064 | In Senate Committee | 2020 |
| Authorizes the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission, if there is no compensation payable to a covered employee, to order that a fee of not more than $2,000 for legal services rendered on behalf of the covered employee be payable by the covered employee, an employer or its insurer, a self-insured employer, or the Uninsured Employers' Fund. | Senate | 2/6/2020 | SB 619 | In Senate Committee | 2020 |
| Authorizes the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission, if there is no compensation payable to a covered employee, to order that a fee of not more than $2,000 for legal services rendered on behalf of the covered employee be payable by the covered employee, an employer or its insurer, a self-insured employer, or the Uninsured Employers' Fund. | House | 2/3/2020 | HB 767 | In House Committee | 2020 |
| Alters the circumstances under which a dependent of a covered employee who is entitled to compensation for the death of the covered employee resulting from an accidental injury or occupational disease is required to be paid certain workers compensation death benefits; requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to establish a procedure by which a dependent of a covered employee may agree to the application of a final compromise and settlement and the release of any future death benefits by the dependent; etc. | Senate | 1/29/2020 | SB 438 | In Senate Committee | 2020 |
