Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB449: Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Extending the presumption of compensability under the workers' compensation law to include, subject to certain conditions, Carroll County correctional deputies who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial disability or death; and altering a certain definition of "public safety employee" so as to apply a certain workers' compensation provision relating to permanent partial disability benefits to correctional deputies employed by Carroll County.
What the bill says
An act concerning Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies FOR the purpose of extending the presumption of compensability under the workers' compensation law to include, subject to certain conditions, Carroll County correctional deputies who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial disability or death…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies FOR the purpose of extending the presumption of compensability under the workers' compensation law to include, subject to certain conditions, Carroll County correctional deputies who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial disability or death; altering a certain definition of "public safety employee" for the purpose of applying a certain workers' compensation provision relating to permanent partial disability benefits to correctional deputies employed by Carroll County; and generally relating to compensability of Carroll County correctional deputies under the workers' compensation law. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Labor and Employment Section 9-503(b) and (e) and 9-628(a) Annotated Code of Maryland (2025 Replacement Volume) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Labor and Employment Section 9-628(h) and 9-629 Annotated Code of Maryland (2025 Replacement Volume) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Labor and Employment 9-503. (b) (1) A paid police officer employed by an airport authority, a county, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, a municipality, or the State, a deputy sheriff of Montgomery County, or, subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a deputy sheriff of Anne Arundel County, …
Sponsors
- Carroll County Senators · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342
- : Returned Passed
- : Third Reading Passed (131-2)
- : Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- : Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- : Referred Economic Matters
- : Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- : Second Reading Passed
- : Favorable Adopted
- : Favorable Report by Finance
Votes
- Third Reading Passed (131-2) (April 13, 2026): 131 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Third Reading Passed (45-0) (March 19, 2026): 45 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB449?
- SB449 is a bill in the Maryland Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies.
- What does SB449 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional Deputies FOR the purpose of extending the presumption of compensability under the workers' compensation law to include, subject to certain conditions, Carroll County correctional deputies who suffer from heart disease or hypertension resulting in partial disability or death…
- What is the status of SB449?
- Signed into law as of April 28, 2026. Latest action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342 (April 28, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB449?
- Carroll County Senators.
- Where is the official record for SB449?
- On the Maryland Legislature website: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0449?ys=2026RS
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