2016 Maryland Code
Labor and Employment
Title 9 - Workers' Compensation
Subtitle 6 - Benefits
Part XII - Death Benefits
§ 9-683.1. Determination of dependency

(a) Applicability of section. -- This section does not apply to a covered employee of a municipal corporation or a county who is subject to § 9-503 of this title and the dependents of those covered employees, unless the municipal corporation or county has made an election under § 9-683.6 of this subtitle.

(b) In general. -- Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the Commission shall determine all questions of dependency in accordance with the facts of each case that existed:

(1) at the time of the occurrence of the accidental personal injury that caused the death of the covered employee; or

(2) on the date of disablement from the occupational disease that caused the death of the covered employee.

(c) Determination of dependency of a child. -- Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, the Commission may determine the question of dependency of a child of a covered employee born after:

(1) the time of the occurrence of the accidental personal injury that caused the death of the covered employee;

(2) the date of disablement from the occupational disease that caused the death of the covered employee; or

(3) the death of the covered employee resulting from the accidental personal injury or occupational disease.