Maryland Labor and Employment Section 8-1604

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** SPECIAL NOTE: CONTINGENCY - CHAPTER 227 - 2000 **

      (a)      Self-employment assistance benefits will be payable pursuant to the eligibility requirements of this subtitle.

      (b)      An individual may be paid a self-employment assistance allowance if the individual:

            (1)      is determined eligible to be paid regular unemployment insurance benefits except for the requirements described in subsection (c) of this section;

            (2)      is identified by a worker profiling system, as outlined in the Code of Maryland Regulations, as an individual likely to exhaust regular unemployment insurance benefits;

            (3)      has filed an application for participation in a self-employment assistance program within 60 days of filing an initial claim for benefits and has provided the information the Secretary may prescribe;

            (4)      has, at the time the application is filed, a balance of regular benefits equal to at least 18 times the individual's weekly benefit amount in the individual's benefit year;

            (5)      has been accepted into a program approved by the Secretary that will provide self-employment assistance activities;

            (6)      is participating in self-employment assistance activities;

            (7)      is actively engaged on a full-time basis in activities, which may include training, relating to establishing a business and becoming self-employed; and

            (8)      has filed a weekly claim for the self-employment assistance allowance and provided the information the Secretary prescribes.

      (c)      A self-employment assistance allowance is payable on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as regular unemployment insurance benefits except that:

            (1)      the requirements of § 8-903 of this title relating to availability for work and actively seeking work are not applicable to the individual;

            (2)      the requirements of § 8-1005 of this title relating to refusal to accept referrals or offers of suitable work are not applicable to the individual;

            (3)      the provisions of § 8-803(d) of this title concerning subtracting any wages in excess of $90 will not apply to the individual;

            (4)      an individual will be considered unemployed for the purposes of § 8-801 of this title; and

            (5)      an individual who fails to participate in self-employment activities or who fails to actively engage on a full-time basis in activities, which may include training, related to establishing a business and becoming self-employed is denied for the week in which the failure occurs.