# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 8.3. Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 8.3-102

(a)

  (1) This subsection does not apply to the disclosure of information to:

    (i) a public employee in the performance of the public employee's official duties;

    (ii) the individual to whom the information relates;

    (iii) if an authorized representative has the signed authorization of the individual to whom the information relates, the authorized representative; or

    (iv) employers whose employees have filed claims with the Department for the purpose of claims administration.

  (2) An employee of the Department may not disclose personal identifying information relating to:

    (i) an individual who has applied for or received benefits under this title;

    (ii) an individual whose employment data has been submitted to the Department by the individual's employer under this title; or

    (iii) a self-employed individual who submitted data to the Department under this title.

(b) This title preempts the authority of a local jurisdiction to enact a law on or after June 1, 2022, that establishes a paid family and medical leave insurance program for employees of an employer other than the local jurisdiction.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)