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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-640" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Benefits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to compensation paid under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a covered employee dies from a cause that is not compensable under this title, the right to compensation that is payable under this Part V of this subtitle and unpaid on the date of death survives in accordance with this section to the extent of $65,000, as increased by the cost of living adjustments under § 9–638 of this Part V of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If there are surviving dependents of the covered employee, the right to compensation survives to the surviving dependents as the Commission may determine.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If there are no surviving dependents of the covered employee and, on the date of death, the covered employee had a legal obligation to support a surviving spouse, the right of compensation shall survive to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the surviving spouse of the covered employee; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the surviving spouse and the surviving minor children of the covered employee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If there are no surviving dependents and, on the date of death, the covered employee did not have a legal obligation to support a surviving spouse, the right to compensation survives only to the surviving minor children of the covered employee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
