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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 Sep 4, 2026)

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 or last injurious exposure to an occupational disease, was concurrently employed by more than one employer be combined for purposes of computing the average weekly wages under certain circumstances; and requiring that the Subsequent Injury Fund reimburse an employer for certain compensation paid by the employer to an employee for permanent partial and total disability under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableUNF 7Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDeMinco, LynneBCRWPosition only
FAVLanier, JamesMaryland Association for JusticeOral
FAVDelegate Arentz, Delegate ArentzlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
UNFEgan, NancylobbyistAmerican Property & Casualty Insurance AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFPopham, BrysonlobbyistBryson F. Popham, P.A.Written (PDF)
UNFMeninger, LyndseyInjured Workers' Insurance Fund and Chesapeake Employers' Insurance CompanyWritten (PDF)
UNFSmith, AshleeMaryland Defense CounselOral
UNFRotunno, GinalobbyistNAMICWritten (PDF)
UNFDailey, MichaelSchmidt, Dailey & O'Neill, LLCOral
UNFDodd, EdgarIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFEgan, NancyAmerican Property & Casualty Insurance AssociationRegistered for: American Property Casualty Insurance Association
UNFPopham, BrysonBryson F. Popham, P.A.Registered for: Agency Insurance Company of Maryland; Agency Services, Inc.; Army Alliance; Bryson F. Popham P.A.; Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Baltimore (BOMA); CVS Health
UNFRotunno, GinaNAMICRegistered for: National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)