Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 21 - STATE PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS
Subtitle 11 - SOCIOECONOMIC POLICIES
Chapter 21.11.16 - State-Funded Construction Projects - Employee Health Care Expenses
Section 21.11.16.02 - Payment of Employee Health Care Expenses
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 21.11.16.02
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. This chapter does not apply to a small business with 30 or fewer employees.
B. Except as provided in §A of this regulation, bidders, contractors and subcontractors on State-funded construction projects awarded through competitive sealed bidding under COMAR 21.05.02 shall pay employee health care expenses as outlined in §C of this regulation.
C. A bidder, contractor, or subcontractor is deemed to pay employee health care expenses if it:
(1) Pays aggregate employee health care
expenses of at least 5 percent of the aggregate Social Security wages paid by
the bidder, contractor, or subcontractor respectively; or
(2) Pays 50 percent or more of the required
premium necessary to obtain coverage by a credible health care insurance
plan.
D. For bids opened before July 1, 2021, a bidder, contractor, or subcontractor is deemed to pay employee health care expenses if it:
(1) Pays
some portion of employee health care expenses under a contract with a credible
health care insurance plan or through a collective bargaining agreement;
and
(2) Will meet the requirements
of either §C(1) or (2) of this regulation on renewal of either the
contract with a credible health care insurance plan, or the collective
bargaining agreement.
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