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MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-618 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part III - Temporary Total Disability|Section 9-618 - Scope of Part

    A covered employee who is temporarily totally disabled due to an accidental personal injury or an occupational disease shall be paid compensation in accordance with this Part III of this subtitle.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-619 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part III - Temporary Total Disability|Section 9-619 - Effect on Other Laws

    This Part III of this subtitle does not affect or change the law applicable to:         (1)    an accidental personal injury or occupational disease that occurred before the provisions of this Part III of this subtitle became effective; or        (2)    an individual eligible for benefits as the result of accidental personal injury or occupational disease that occurred when a different rate or percentage payment basis was in effect.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-620 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part III - Temporary Total Disability|Section 9-620 - Waiting Period for Compensation

    (a)    If a temporary total disability lasts for 14 days or less, compensation may not be allowed for 3 calendar days after the beginning of the disability except for payments for hospital, nursing, or other medical services, funeral expenses, or medicine.    (b)    If the covered employee was not paid for the day on which the accidental personal injury or occupational disease occurred, the Commission shall count that day as 1 of the 3 days in the waiting period under subsection (a) of this section.    (c)    If a temporary total disability lasts for more than 14 days, compensation shall be allowed from the day of disability.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-621 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part III - Temporary Total Disability|Section 9-621 - Payment of Compensation

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a covered employee is temporarily totally disabled due to an accidental personal injury or an occupational disease, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee compensation that equals two-thirds of the average weekly wage of the covered employee, but:            (i)    does not exceed the average weekly wage of the State; and            (ii)    is not less than $50.        (2)    If the average weekly wage of the covered employee is less than $50 at the time of the accidental personal injury or the last injurious exposure to the hazards of the occupational disease, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee compensation that equals the average weekly wage of the covered employee.    (b)    The employer or its insurer shall pay the compensation for the period that the covered employee is temporarily totally disabled.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-622 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part III - Temporary Total Disability|Section 9-622 - Payment of Compensation -- Reopening

    (a)    If, under an initial claim filed on or after January 1, 1988, temporary total disability benefits are reopened under § 9-736(b) of this title, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee compensation that equals two-thirds of the average weekly wage of the covered employee, but:        (1)    does not exceed the lesser of:            (i)    the average weekly wage of the State on the date of reopening; or            (ii)    150% of the initial award; and        (2)    is not less than the initial award.    (b)    The employer or its insurer shall pay the compensation for the period that the covered employee is temporarily totally disabled.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-625 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part IV - Permanent Partial Disability|Section 9-625 - Scope of Part

    A covered employee who is permanently partially disabled due to an accidental personal injury or an occupational disease shall be paid compensation in accordance with this Part IV of this subtitle.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-626 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part IV - Permanent Partial Disability|Section 9-626 - Minimum Compensation

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a covered employee who is entitled to compensation under this subtitle for a permanent partial disability shall receive minimum weekly compensation of $50.    (b)    If the covered employee has an average weekly wage of less than $50 at the time of the accidental personal injury or the last injurious exposure to the hazards of the occupational disease, the covered employee shall receive minimum compensation that equals the average weekly wage of the covered employee.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-629 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part IV - Permanent Partial Disability|Section 9-629 - Compensation for Period Equal to or Greater Than 75 Weeks but Less Than 250 Weeks

    If a covered employee is awarded compensation for a period equal to or greater than 75 weeks but less than 250 weeks, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee weekly compensation that equals two-thirds of the average weekly wage of the covered employee but does not exceed one-third of the State average weekly wage.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-630 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part IV - Permanent Partial Disability|Section 9-630 - Serious Disability -- Compensation for 250 Weeks or More

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a covered employee is given an award or a combination of awards resulting from 1 accidental personal injury or occupational disease for 250 weeks or more under § 9-627 of this subtitle:            (i)    the Commission shall increase the award or awards by one-third the number of weeks in the award or awards, computed to the nearest whole number; and            (ii)    the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee weekly compensation that equals two-thirds of the average weekly wage of the covered employee, but does not exceed 75% of the State average weekly wage.        (2)    An award for disfigurement or mutilation under § 9-627(i) of this subtitle may not be used to make up the 250 weeks under paragraph (1) of this subsection.    (b)    (1)    This subsection applies to the payment of weekly compensation required under subsection (a) of this section if the average weekly wage of a covered employee is computed under § 9-602(l) of this subtitle.        (2)    The employer in whose employment the accidental personal injury occurred or the employer’s insurer shall pay the covered employee weekly compensation that is based on the weekly wages of the covered employee at the employment in which the covered employee was injured.        (3)    Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, any additional weekly compensation resulting from computing the average weekly wage based on weekly wages earned by the covered employee in other employment shall be payable in the first instance by the employer in whose employment the employee was injured or the employer’s insurer.        (4)    Subject to any right of the Subsequent Injury Fund to be impleaded or any right of the Subsequent Injury Fund to defend in a case involving payment from the Subsequent Injury Fund created under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of this article, as allowable under Subtitle 8 of this title, the Subsequent Injury Fund shall reimburse the employer in whose employment the employee was injured or the employer’s insurer the amount of additional weekly compensation paid by the employer or insurer under paragraph (3) of this subsection.    (c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, § 9-627 of this subtitle applies to covered employees who are covered by this section.        (2)    To the extent of any inconsistency, this section prevails over § 9-627 of this subtitle.    (d)    If a covered employee receives additional compensation for a disability on a petition to reopen for serious disability, the additional compensation may not increase the amount of compensation previously awarded and paid.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-631 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part IV - Permanent Partial Disability|Section 9-631 - Benefits Additional

    Compensation for a permanent partial disability under this Part IV of this subtitle shall be paid in addition to and consecutively with compensation for a temporary total disability under Part III of this subtitle.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-632 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part IV - Permanent Partial Disability|Section 9-632 - Survival of Compensation

    (a)    This section does not apply to compensation paid under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of this article.    (b)    If a covered employee dies from a cause that is not compensable under this title, the right to compensation that is payable under this Part IV of this subtitle and unpaid on the date of death survives in accordance with this section.    (c)    If there are surviving dependents of the covered employee, the right to compensation survives to the surviving dependents as the Commission may determine.    (d)    If there are no surviving dependents of the covered employee and, on the date of death, the covered employee had a legal obligation to support a surviving spouse, the right to compensation survives jointly to:        (1)    the surviving spouse of the covered employee; and        (2)    the surviving minor children of the covered employee.    (e)    If there are no surviving dependents and, on the date of death, the covered employee did not have a legal obligation to support a surviving spouse, the right to compensation survives only to the surviving minor children of the covered employee.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-633 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part IV - Permanent Partial Disability|Section 9-633 - Reversal or Change in Compensation

    If an award of permanent partial disability compensation is reversed or modified by a court on appeal, the payment of any new compensation awarded shall be:         (1)    subject to a credit for compensation previously awarded and paid; and        (2)    otherwise made in accordance with this Part IV of this subtitle.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-635 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part V - Permanent Total Disability|Section 9-635 - Scope of Part

    A covered employee who is permanently totally disabled due to an accidental personal injury or an occupational disease shall be paid compensation in accordance with this Part V of this subtitle.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-636 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part V - Permanent Total Disability|Section 9-636 - Determination of Disability; Presumption

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance with the facts in each case.    (b)    Absent conclusive proof to the contrary, the loss or loss of use of any of the following constitutes a permanent total disability:        (1)    both arms;        (2)    both eyes;        (3)    both feet;        (4)    both hands;        (5)    both legs; or        (6)    a combination of any 2 of the following:            (i)    an arm;            (ii)    an eye;            (iii)    a foot;            (iv)    a hand; and            (v)    a leg.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-637 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part V - Permanent Total Disability|Section 9-637 - Payment of Compensation

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a covered employee has a permanent total disability resulting from an accidental personal injury or an occupational disease, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee compensation that equals two-thirds of the average weekly wage of the covered employee, but may not:            (i)    exceed the State average weekly wage; or            (ii)    be less than $25.        (2)    If the average weekly wage of the covered employee is less than $25 at the time of the accidental personal injury or last injurious exposure to the hazards of the occupational disease, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee weekly compensation that equals the average weekly wage of the covered employee.        (3)    Payments under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection may not exceed a total of $45,000.    (b)    Notwithstanding the $45,000 limitation in subsection (a)(3) of this section, the employer or its insurer shall pay the benefit for the period that the covered employee is permanently totally disabled.    (c)    (1)    This subsection applies to the payment of weekly compensation required under subsection (a) of this section if the average weekly wage of a covered employee is computed under § 9-602(l) of this subtitle.        (2)    The employer in whose employment the accidental personal injury occurred or the employer’s insurer shall pay the covered employee weekly compensation that is based on the weekly wages of the covered employee at the employment in which the covered employee was injured.        (3)    Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, any additional weekly compensation resulting from computing the average weekly wage based on weekly wages earned by the covered employee in other employment shall be payable in the first instance by the employer in whose employment the employee was injured or the employer’s insurer.        (4)    Subject to any right of the Subsequent Injury Fund to be impleaded or any right of the Subsequent Injury Fund to defend in a case involving payment from the Subsequent Injury Fund created under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of this article, as allowable under Subtitle 8 of this title, the Subsequent Injury Fund shall reimburse the employer in whose employment the employee was injured or the employer’s insurer the amount of additional weekly compensation paid by the employer or insurer under paragraph (3) of this subsection.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-638 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part V - Permanent Total Disability|Section 9-638 - Cost of Living Adjustment

    (a)    (1)    A covered employee under this section includes an individual who:            (i)    is entitled to compensation for claims arising from events occurring after January 1, 1988; or            (ii)    1.    is entitled to compensation from the Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, as successor to the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund, for claims arising from events occurring on or before January 1, 1988; and                2.    was not an employee of a county or municipal corporation when the claim was filed.        (2)    Compensation paid to a covered employee under this Part V of this subtitle is subject to an annual cost of living adjustment.    (b)    On or before June 30 of each year, the Department of Commerce shall determine and report to the Commission the rate of change in the Consumer Price Index in the preceding calendar year, using as the Consumer Price Index the lower of:        (1)    the Consumer Price Index (all urban consumers, all item index) published by the United States Department of Labor for the Washington Metropolitan Area; or        (2)    the United States city average consumer price index (all urban consumers, all item index).    (c)    (1)    On or before July 31 of each year, the Commission shall publish the amount of the cost of living adjustment that shall become effective on January 1 of the following year.        (2)    The cost of living adjustment may not exceed 5%.    (d)    The compensation payable to a covered employee under this Part V of this subtitle shall be adjusted by:        (1)    multiplying the initial rate of compensation by the cost of living adjustment; and        (2)    adding the product to the compensation, as adjusted, paid during the prior year.    (e)    (1)    If a covered employee who is entitled to compensation under this Part V of this subtitle also receives federal Social Security disability insurance benefits, the adjusted annual compensation paid shall be reduced to the extent necessary to avoid a diminution of the federal Social Security disability insurance benefits.        (2)    If federal Social Security law on disability insurance benefits no longer imposes a diminution in the payment of the adjustment in compensation, payments of compensation shall be made to the full extent allowed under this section.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-638.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part V - Permanent Total Disability|Section 9-638.1 - Cost of Living Adjustment -- Employees of Nongovernmental Units, Counties, or Municipal Corporations

    (a)    This section applies to:        (1)    a nongovernmental unit that employs at least one covered employee;        (2)    a county; and        (3)    a municipal corporation.    (b)    A covered employee under this section means an individual who:        (1)    is entitled to compensation for claims arising from events occurring on or before January 1, 1988; and        (2)    filed the claims for compensation paid by a nongovernmental unit, a county, or a municipal corporation.    (c)    Compensation paid to a covered employee under this Part V of this subtitle is subject to an annual cost of living adjustment if the employer, county, or municipal corporation chooses to provide an adjustment.    (d)    On or before June 30 of each year, the Department of Commerce shall determine and report to the Commission the rate of change in the Consumer Price Index in the preceding calendar year, using as the Consumer Price Index the lower of:        (1)    the Consumer Price Index (all urban consumers, all item index) published by the United States Department of Labor for the Washington Metropolitan Area; or        (2)    the United States city average consumer price index (all urban consumers, all item index).    (e)    On or before July 31 of each year, the Commission shall publish the amount of the cost of living adjustment that shall become effective on January 1 of the following year.    (f)    The compensation payable to a covered employee under this Part V of this subtitle may be adjusted by:        (1)    multiplying the initial rate of compensation by the cost of living adjustment; and        (2)    adding the product to the compensation, as adjusted, paid during the prior year.    (g)    (1)    If a covered employee who is entitled to compensation under this Part V of this subtitle also receives federal Social Security disability insurance benefits, the adjusted annual compensation paid shall be reduced to the extent necessary to avoid a diminution of the federal Social Security disability insurance benefits.        (2)    If federal Social Security law on disability insurance benefits no longer imposes a diminution in the payment of  the adjustment in compensation, payments of compensation shall be made to the full extent allowed under this section.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-639 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part V - Permanent Total Disability|Section 9-639 - Benefits Additional

    Compensation for a permanent total disability under this Part V of this subtitle shall be paid in addition to and consecutively with compensation for a temporary total disability under Part III of this subtitle.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-640 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part V - Permanent Total Disability|Section 9-640 - Survival of Compensation

    (a)    This section does not apply to compensation paid under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of this article.    (b)    If a covered employee dies from a cause that is not compensable under this title, the right to compensation that is payable under this Part V of this subtitle and unpaid on the date of death survives in accordance with this section to the extent of $65,000, as increased by the cost of living adjustments under § 9–638 of this Part V of this subtitle.    (c)    If there are surviving dependents of the covered employee, the right to compensation survives to the surviving dependents as the Commission may determine.    (d)    If there are no surviving dependents of the covered employee and, on the date of death, the covered employee had a legal obligation to support a surviving spouse, the right of compensation shall survive to:        (1)    the surviving spouse of the covered employee; or        (2)    the surviving spouse and the surviving minor children of the covered employee.    (e)    If there are no surviving dependents and, on the date of death, the covered employee did not have a legal obligation to support a surviving spouse, the right to compensation survives only to the surviving minor children of the covered employee.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-643 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part VI - Hernias|Section 9-643 - Scope of Part

    A covered employee who has a hernia resulting from an accidental personal injury or a strain shall be paid compensation in accordance with this Part VI of this subtitle.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  9-644 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 9 - Workers' Compensation|Subtitle 6 - Benefits|Part VI - Hernias|Section 9-644 - Surgery; Compensation

    (a)    Whenever practicable, a femoral, inguinal, or other hernia proven to be the result of an accidental personal injury or strain in accordance with § 9-504 of this title shall be treated by surgery.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, if a covered employee suffers a compensable hernia and undergoes surgery, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee compensation only for lost time.        (2)    For the purpose of computing lost time under paragraph (1) of this subsection, any time lost because of a delay in holding a hearing shall not be counted as lost time if the delay occurred at the request or due to the fault of the covered employee.    (c)    If a special examination shows that a covered employee who suffered from a compensable hernia and underwent surgery has a permanent partial, permanent total, or temporary total disability resulting from the operation, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee compensation for a permanent partial, permanent total, or temporary total disability in accordance with the applicable part of this subtitle.    (d)    If a covered employee who suffered a compensable hernia dies as a result of surgery, the death shall be considered death as a result of the accidental personal injury or strain that caused the hernia and the employer or its insurer shall provide death benefits in accordance with Part XII of this subtitle.