Loading chat...
MD HB1210
Bill
Status
3/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Susan McComas
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Licensed certified social workers-clinical (LCSW-C) are now authorized to evaluate permanent impairments involving behavioral or mental disorders for workers' compensation claims in Maryland
-
LCSW-Cs join licensed psychologists and qualified physicians as professionals permitted to perform these mental/behavioral impairment evaluations
-
Evaluators must assess only the mental or behavioral portion of the permanent impairment and report findings to the Workers' Compensation Commission
-
LCSW-Cs must comply with the Commission's expert witness requirements to perform and report these evaluations
-
Effective date: October 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical
Licenses
Last Action
Hearing 3/20 at 1:30 p.m.
3/18/2025