Chapter 14 of the Acts of 2020 (House Bill 1663), COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020

The record

Jurisdiction

Maryland (General Assembly; Governor; enforced by the Attorney General) · Maryland

Level

State

Authority

Md. Const. art. XVI, sec. 2 (emergency measures); Public Safety Article titles 14 and 14-3A

Issued

2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020

Effective

2020-03-19 (emergency measure, effective on enactment) (read as 2020-03-19)

End

April 30, 2021 ('It shall remain effective through April 30, 2021, and, at the end of April 30, 2021, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated') (read as 2021-04-30)

In force

Mar. 19, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Workplace rulesOther

Addressees

• retailers of food, fuel, water and ice, medicine, medical supplies and equipment, cleaning products, building supplies and equipment, energy sources and storage space (through the Governor's orders)
• every employer (prohibition on terminating an isolated or quarantined employee)
• the Secretary of Labor (UI eligibility)

Functions reached

• SF retail pricing of essential goods (10 percent profit cap for the duration of the emergency)
• HR employer discipline and termination of quarantined employees prohibited
• WF unemployment eligibility for employees of employers that 'temporarily cease operations due to COVID-19'
• CB

Collection

State utilities, housing and agriculture agencies AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG

Operative words

[The Governor may:]... (vii) 1. for the duration of the emergency, prohibit a retailer from increasing the sale or rental price of any good or service to a price that increases the retailer's value of profit by more than 10%, including for the price of: A. food; B. fuel; C. water and ice; D. medicine; E. medical supplies and equipment; F. cleaning products; G. building supplies and equipment; H. energy sources; and I. storage space; and 2. publish a list of goods and services to which item (i) of this item applies; and (viii) prohibit an employer from terminating an employee solely on the basis that the employee has been required to be isolated or quarantined under Title 14 of the Public Safety Article... SECTION 2.... the Secretary of Labor may determine that an individual, who need not separate from the individual's employment, is eligible for benefits if: (1) the individual's employer temporarily ceases operations due to COVID-19, preventing employees from coming to work; (2) the individual is quarantined due to COVID-19 with the expectation of returning to work after the quarantine is over; or (3) the individual leaves employment due to a risk of exposure or infection of COVID-19 or to care for a family member due to COVID-19.

Enforcement

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