# COMAR Title 21 — State Procurement Regulations

## Subtitle 11 — Socioeconomic Policies

### Chapter 16 — State-Funded Construction Projects — Employee Health Care Expenses

#### Regulation .02 Payment of Employee Health Care Expenses.

*COMAR 21.11.16.02*

A. This chapter does not apply to a small business with 30 or fewer employees.

B. Except as provided in §A of this regulation, bidders, contractors and subcontractors on State-funded construction projects awarded through competitive sealed bidding under COMAR 21.05.02 shall pay employee health care expenses as outlined in §C of this regulation.

C. A bidder, contractor, or subcontractor is deemed to pay employee health care expenses if it:

  (1) Pays aggregate employee health care expenses of at least 5 percent of the aggregate Social Security wages paid by the bidder, contractor, or subcontractor respectively; or

  (2) Pays 50 percent or more of the required premium necessary to obtain coverage by a credible health care insurance plan.

D. For bids opened before July 1, 2021, a bidder, contractor, or subcontractor is deemed to pay employee health care expenses if it:

  (1) Pays some portion of employee health care expenses under a contract with a credible health care insurance plan or through a collective bargaining agreement; and

  (2) Will meet the requirements of either §C(1) or (2) of this regulation on renewal of either the contract with a credible health care insurance plan, or the collective bargaining agreement.