LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 58
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Chapter 58
(Senate Bill 402)
AN ACT concerning
Employees’ Retirement and Pension Systems – Reemployment Earnings
Limitation – COVID–19 Exemption
FOR the purpose of exempting certain retirees of the Employees’ Retirement and Pension
Systems from a certain earnings limitation when the retiree is reemployed by certain
previous employers for a certain time period to assist with the administration of
certain grants or benefits related to the COVID–19 pandemic; providing for the
retroactive application of this Act; and generally relating to a reemployment
earnings limitation in the Employees’ Retirement and Pension Systems.
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED B Y THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
That:
(a) Except for individuals whose retirement allowance is subject to a reduction as
provided under § 22–406(c)(1)(iii) and (3) or § 23–407(c)(1)(iii) and (3) of the State Personnel
and Pensions Article, the reduction of a retirement allowance under § 22–406 or § 23–407
of the State Personnel and Pensions Article does not apply to:
(1) an individual who was previously employed by the Maryland
Department of Health State of Maryland, retired, and is rehired by the Maryland
Department of Health for a period not to exceed 3 years to:
(i) assist in the administration of federally funded grants related to
the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic; or
(ii) work, as a member of the COVID Unified Command, on projects
directly related to COVID–19 staffing support or contact tracing; and
(2) an individual who was previously employed by the Maryland
Department of Labor, retired, and is rehired by the Maryland Department of Labor for a
period not to exceed 3 years within the Division of Unemployment Insurance to assist with
the administration of benefits related to the COVID–19 pandemic.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to apply
retroactively to January 1, 2020.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted. It shall remain effective through December 31, 2022, and, at the end of December Ch. 58 2022 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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31, 2022, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be
abrogated and of no further force and effect.
Approved by the Governor, April 12, 2022.