SB 219

Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments and Special Monitor

Sponsor: Chair, Finance CommitteeCommittee: FinanceSubject: Workers' CompensationStatus: Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the circumstances under which the Uninsured Employers' Fund must collect or suspend a certain assessment; altering, from 1% to up to 1.5%, 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; and requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to designate a certain special monitor for certain purposes.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 4FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	D'Alessandro, Carmine	Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company	Oral
FAV	Meninger, Lyndsey	Injured Workers' Insurance Fund and Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chair, Finance Committee, Chair, Finance Committee	Individual	Oral
FAV	Chair, Finance Committee, Chair, Finance Committee	Individual	Oral
UNF	Egan, Nancylobbyist	American Property & Casualty Insurance Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Egan, Nancylobbyist	American Property & Casualty Insurance Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Allen, Hannahlobbyist	Maryland Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Allen, Hannahlobbyist	Maryland Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Murray, Julie	Maryland Defense Counsel	Oral
UNF	Burns, Michael	Maryland Uninsured Employers' Fund	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Dailey, Michael	Schmidt, Dailey & O'Neill, LLC	Oral
FWA	D'Alessandro, Carmine	Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company	Oral
FWA	Meninger, Lyndsey	Injured Workers' Insurance Fund and Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company	Written (PDF)
FWA	Burns, Michael	Maryland Uninsured Employers' Fund	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

American Property & Casualty Insurance AssociationUNF 2

Chesapeake Employers' Insurance CompanyFAV 1FWA 1

Injured Workers' Insurance Fund and Chesapeake Employers' Insurance CompanyFAV 1FWA 1

Maryland Chamber of CommerceUNF 2

Maryland Defense CounselUNF 1

Maryland Uninsured Employers' FundFWA 1UNF 1

Schmidt, Dailey & O'Neill, LLCUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

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

UNFAllen, HannahMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce