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Workers' Compensation - Average Weekly Wage - Multiple Employers

Sponsor: Steven J. Arentz (District 36)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Workers' CompensationStatus: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring 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; requiring that the Subsequent Injury Fund or the Uninsured Employers' Fund reimburse an employer for certain compensation paid by the employer; and requiring the average weekly wage for certain covered employees to be recalculated under the Act.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 3FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVArentz, StevenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Arentz, Delegate ArentzlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVPreslar, WilliamIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFEgan, NancylobbyistAmerican Property & Casualty Insurance AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFSmith, AshleeMaryland Defense CounselOral
UNFDailey, MichaelSchmidt, Dailey & O'Neill, LLCOral
UNFDodd, EdgarIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWALanier, JamesMaryland Association for JusticeOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFEgan, NancyAmerican Property & Casualty Insurance AssociationRegistered for: American Property Casualty Insurance Association