# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 9. Workers' Compensation

### Subtitle 6. Benefits

#### Section 9-686

(a) A dependent of a covered employee who is a nonresident alien may be officially represented by a consular officer of the nation of which the dependent is a citizen or subject.

(b) If a consular officer represents a nonresident alien dependent:

  (1) the consular officer shall have the right to receive all death benefits awarded to the dependent for distribution to the dependent; and

  (2) receipt of death benefits by the consular officer is a full discharge of the amounts paid to and received by the consular officer.

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