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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-10A-03" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="10A" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Statutory Committees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Joint Committee on Workers’ Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Committee consists of 16 members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the 16 members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>2 shall be members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>2 shall be Delegates appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>12 shall be appointed jointly by the President and the Speaker as follows:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>1 representative of the business community;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>1 representative of the Maryland labor organizations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>1 representative of the Maryland building and construction labor organizations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>1 representative of a self–insured local government entity;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>2 members of the public;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>1 member of the insurance industry;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>1 member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>1 member of a workers’ compensation rating organization;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="9">
          <text>2 members of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Maryland, 1 of whom represents plaintiffs in workers’ compensation cases and 1 of whom represents defendants in workers’ compensation cases; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="10">
          <text>1 member who is certified by the Workers’ Compensation Commission as a Maryland rehabilitation service provider.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The members of the Committee serve at the pleasure of the presiding officer who appointed them.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The President and the Speaker shall jointly appoint a Senator and a Delegate each to serve as cochair.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Committee shall examine and evaluate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the condition of the workers’ compensation benefit and insurance structure in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the effect of Chapters 590 and 591 of the Laws of Maryland of 1987 on that structure.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This examination shall include the regulations adopted by the Workers’ Compensation Commission that are to be used by physicians to measure impairment when preparing medical evaluations of claimants.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Insurance Commissioner and the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>cooperate fully with the Committee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>keep the Committee fully informed as to the condition of workers’ compensation benefits and workers’ compensation insurance in the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>submit an annual report, subject to § 2–1257 of this title, to the Committee on or before October 1 of each year that incorporates the information described in item (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Committee shall report to the Governor and the Legislative Policy Committee on December 31 of each year.</text>
  </level>
</section>
