{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-9-679","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 9–679","heading":"","body":"(a) This section applies only to a covered employee of a municipal corporation or a county who is subject to § 9–503 of this title and the dependents of those covered employees, unless the municipal corporation or county has made an election under § 9–683.6 of this subtitle.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the Commission shall determine all questions of partial or total dependency in accordance with the facts of each case that existed:\n(1) at the time of the occurrence of the accidental personal injury that caused the death of the covered employee; or\n(2) on the date of disablement from the occupational disease that caused the death of the covered employee.","path":["Article - Labor and Employment"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle\u0026section=9-679","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:38Z","sha256":"a98cb9ef903fbe06573e94aff6ff7cc0f9c9035448964665f6435d5ed6485cfc","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-9-678","next":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-9-680"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}