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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8.3-406" title_number="8.3" title_name="Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before October 1 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly an annual report on the administration and operation of the Program during the immediately preceding fiscal year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The annual report shall include information regarding:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>actual Program participation rates that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number of claims for benefits submitted, both in total and for each category listed in § 8.3–302 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the number of claims included under item (i) of this item broken down by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>jurisdiction;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>race and ethnicity;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>gender;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>zip code; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>age;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the number of claims for benefits approved, both in total and for each category listed in § 8.3–302 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the number of claims included under item (iii) of this item broken down by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>jurisdiction;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>race and ethnicity;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>gender;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>zip code; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>age;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the total number of claims for benefits denied, both in total and by category listed in § 8.3–602 of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the number of claims included under item (v) of this item broken down by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>jurisdiction;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>race and ethnicity;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>gender;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>zip code; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>age;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>projected participation rates;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>contribution rates;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>projected and actual Fund balances;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>public outreach and technical assistance efforts, including any grants issued under § 8.3–403(d)(1)(ii) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>all enforcement efforts;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the number and status of complaints under Subtitle 9 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the costs of administering the Program attributable to each of the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>employers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>employees of employers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>self–employed individuals; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the State;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>the State agencies and relevant stakeholders that were consulted as required under this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>the capability and capacity of the Department to administer the Program as compared to the findings and recommendations of the capability and capacity study completed under § 5 of Chapter 48 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The reporting requirement established under subsection (a) of this section does not apply to an employer that has a private employer plan described in § 8.3–705 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
