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 listFAV 13FavorableUNF 9UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
Organizations on record
Concerned CitizenUNF 1
Warnken, LLCFAV 2
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…
