# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 9. Workers' Compensation

### Subtitle 6. Benefits

#### Section 9-685

If a dependent of a covered employee dies, the right to any death benefit that is payable to the dependent and unpaid on the date of death of the dependent:

(1) shall survive and be vested in the surviving dependents of the covered employee, as determined by the Commission; and

(2) if there are no surviving dependents of the covered employee, shall not survive.

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