Section 11-813 - Emergency award pending final decision. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-813. Emergency award pending final decision.
 

(a)  When authorized.- The Board may make an emergency award to the claimant before making a final decision in the case, if the Board determines, before taking action on the claim, that: 

(1) an award likely will be made on the claim; and 

(2) the claimant will suffer undue hardship unless immediate payment is made. 

(b)  Limitation on amount; deduction from final award; repayment of excess; waiver.-  

(1) The amount of an emergency award under this section: 

(i) may not exceed $2,000; and 

(ii) shall be deducted from any final award made to the claimant. 

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a claimant shall repay the Board: 

(i) the excess of the amount of the emergency award over any final award; or 

(ii) if a final award is not made, all of the emergency award. 

(3) On written request by a claimant, for a compelling reason the Board may waive the requirement that a claimant repay an emergency award under paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 824; 2001, ch. 10, § 2; 2004, ch. 17.]