# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 9. Workers' Compensation

### Subtitle 6. Benefits

#### Section 9-622

(a) If, under an initial claim filed on or after January 1, 1988, temporary total disability benefits are reopened under Sec. 9-736(b) of this title, the employer or its insurer shall pay the covered employee compensation that equals two-thirds of the average weekly wage of the covered employee, but:

  (1) does not exceed the lesser of:

    (i) the average weekly wage of the State on the date of reopening; or

    (ii) 150% of the initial award; and

  (2) is not less than the initial award.

(b) The employer or its insurer shall pay the compensation for the period that the covered employee is temporarily totally disabled.

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