§ 8-620. Manner for billing and making payments
West's Annotated Code of MarylandLabor and EmploymentEffective: July 1, 2023
Effective: July 1, 2023
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 8-620
§ 8-620. Manner for billing and making payments
(a)(1) Reimbursement payments shall be made in accordance with this section.
(2) Unless there is an application for review and redetermination of a bill under § 8-621 of this subtitle, a nonprofit organization or governmental entity shall pay the bill under this section within 30 days after the Secretary mailed the bill to the last known address of the nonprofit organization or governmental entity or otherwise delivered the bill to it.
(b) If benefits paid to an individual are based on wages paid by 2 or more employing units, the amount payable by each employing unit under an election shall be an amount whose ratio to total benefits paid is the same as the ratio that total base period wages paid to the individual by that employing unit has to total base period wages paid by all base period employing units.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, at the end of each calendar quarter or any other period set by the Secretary, the Secretary shall send:
(1) to each nonprofit organization that has made an election or if the Secretary has approved a group account under § 8-619 of this subtitle, to the group representative, a bill for all regular and work sharing benefits, and 50% of extended benefits paid during that period that are attributable to covered employment for that nonprofit organization; and
(d)(1) On request, the Secretary may allow a nonprofit organization or governmental entity that has made an election to make reimbursement payments as provided in this subsection.
(i) a bill for a percentage of its total payroll for the immediately preceding calendar year as determined by the Secretary, based each year on the average cost of benefits that are attributable to covered employment for the nonprofit organization or governmental entity during the immediately preceding calendar year; or
(iii) if the Unemployment Insurance Fund has not been reimbursed fully, the Secretary shall mail to the nonprofit organization or governmental entity at its last known address or otherwise deliver to it a bill for the difference and require payment in accordance with subsection (a)(2) of this section.
(e) An employing unit may not deduct, wholly or partly, any payment made under this subtitle from the compensation of individuals in the employ of the nonprofit organization or governmental entity.
(f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the Secretary recovers benefits charged to a nonprofit organization or governmental entity under § 8-809 of this title, the Secretary shall remove those charges from the account of the nonprofit organization or governmental entity.
1. the benefit was paid as a direct or indirect result of the failure of the nonprofit organization or governmental entity, either directly or through an agent, to provide timely or adequate information relating to a claim for benefits in response to a request for information made by the Secretary under this title or regulations adopted to carry out this title; and
Credits
Added by Acts 1991, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 22, § 1; Acts 2013, c. 121, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2017, c. 631, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2021, c. 39, § 4, eff. Feb. 15, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 47, § 2, eff. April 9, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 48, § 2, eff. April 9, 2021.
Formerly Art. 95A, §§ 8, 9.
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 8-620, MD LABOR & EMPLY § 8-620
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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