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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
CHAPTER 568
(House Bill 1318)
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Ch. 568
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AN ACT concerning
Workers' Compensation Commission - Continuing Jurisdiction
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Workers' Compensation Commission from
modifying certain awards unless the modification is within a certain period
after the latter of the date of the accident, the date of disability disablement, or
the last compensation payment; and generally relating to the authority of the
Workers' Compensation Commission to modify awards.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-736
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
9-736.
(a) If aggravation, diminution, or termination of disability takes place or is
discovered after the rate of compensation is set or compensation is terminated, the
Commission, on the application of any party in interest or on its own motion, may:
(1) readjust for future application the rate of compensation; or
(2) if appropriate, terminate the payments.
(b) (1) The Commission has continuing powers and jurisdiction over each
claim under this title.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Commission may
modify any finding or order as the Commission considers justified.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Commission
may not modify an award unless the modification is applied for within 5 years after
THE LATTER OF :
(I) THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT;
(II) THE DATE OF DISABILITY DISABLEMENT; OR
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(III) the last compensation payment.
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