# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 8. Unemployment Insurance

### Subtitle 11. Extended Benefits

#### Section 8-1109

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Secretary, if authorized by federal law, may suspend the payment of extended benefits under Sec. 8-1105(e) of this subtitle, to the extent necessary to ensure that: 

(1) otherwise eligible individuals are not denied, in whole or in part, the receipt of emergency unemployment compensation authorized under federal law; and

(2) the State receives maximum reimbursement from the federal government for the payment of the emergency benefits.

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