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Workers' Compensation - Fees for Legal Services

Sponsor: Kriselda Valderrama (District 26)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Workers' CompensationStatus: Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission, if there is no compensation payable to a covered employee and the covered employee is awarded a medical benefit at a hearing, to order the employer or its insurer, a self-insured employer, or the Uninsured Employers' Fund to pay a fee of not more than $2,000 for legal services rendered on behalf of the covered employee.

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Testimony (24)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableUNF 9UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBennett, TylerlobbyistCompass GR on behalf of MAJWritten (PDF)
FAVBennett, TylerlobbyistCompass GR on behalf of MAJWritten (PDF)
FAVDonohue, KellyMaryland Association for JusticeOral
FAVLanier, JamesMaryland Association for JusticeOral
FAVLanier, JamesMaryland Association for JusticeOral
FAVPaavola, MattMaryland Association of JusticeOral
FAVPaavola, MattMaryland Association of JusticeOral
FAVWarnken, ByronWarnken, LLCOral
FAVWarnken, ByronWarnken, LLCOral
FAVDelegate Valderrama, Delegate ValderramalegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Valderrama, Delegate ValderramalegislatorIndividualOral
FAVKauffman, DannalobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKauffman, DannalobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFD'Alessandro, CarmineChesapeake Employers' Insurance CompanyOral
UNFD'Alessandro, CarmineChesapeake Employers' Insurance CompanyOral
UNFDuffy, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
UNFMeninger, LyndseyInjured Workers' Insurance Fund and Chesapeake Employers' Insurance CompanyOral + Written (PDF)
UNFMeninger, LyndseyInjured Workers' Insurance Fund and Chesapeake Employers' Insurance CompanyWritten (PDF)
UNFGriffin, AndrewlobbyistMaryland Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
UNFMurray, JulieMaryland Defense CounselOral + Written (PDF)
UNFDailey, MichaelSchmidt, Dailey & O'Neill, LLCOral
UNFEgan, NancylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOBaucumColbert, JordanM-NCPPC - Governement Affairs LiaisonOral + Written (PDF)
INFOFoster, AmyM-NCPPC - Office of General Counsel - Senior CounselOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBennett, TylerCompass GR on behalf of MAJRegistered for: AGC; American Fidelity; Bamboo Health; Brigit, Inc; CFG Health Network; Circular Action Alliance
FAVBennett, TylerCompass GR on behalf of MAJRegistered for: AGC; American Fidelity; Bamboo Health; Brigit, Inc; CFG Health Network; Circular Action Alliance
FAVKauffman, DannaRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; American Association of Dental Boards c/o Commission on Dental Competency Assessments; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Behavioral Health System Baltimore; City of Rockville; Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland
FAVKauffman, DannaRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; American Association of Dental Boards c/o Commission on Dental Competency Assessments; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Behavioral Health System Baltimore; City of Rockville; Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland
UNFGriffin, AndrewMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Subcontractors Association of Baltimore; Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park; Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland; Experience Prince George's; Howard County Chamber of Commerce
UNFEgan, NancyRegistered for: American Property Casualty Insurance Association