Bill Would Clean Up Double Offset for State Retirees

Maryland's full Senate and a House committee have approved a bill that seeks to prevent state retirees from having an offset taken out twice for a workplace injury benefit. Senate Bill 486, sponsored by Sen. Melony Griffith, D-Prince George's County, would require the State Retirement Agency to adjust reductions of a retiree's disability payments to reflect any offset awarded by the state Workers' Compensation Commission. Several provisions in current Maryland law are designed to prevent state retirees from getting two payments under the state's multi-layered retireme...