Bill Would Allow Enhanced PPD Benefits for Baltimore Correctional Officers

Correctional officers in Baltimore would be eligible for enhanced benefits available to other public safety workers in Maryland under a bill introduced ahead of the 2021 legislative session. Maryland law declares that permanent partial disability benefits for workers awarded fewer than 75 weeks of compensation shall be equal to one-third of the worker’s average weekly wage and not exceed 16.7% of the state’s average weekly wage. Enumerated public safety workers awarded compensation for fewer than 75 weeks are entitled to receive benefits at a rate equal to two-thir...