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Carroll County OKs joining Time to Care Act insurance collaborative
Summary
Carroll County commissioners authorized signing a memorandum of agreement to join a statewide collaborative that will pursue commercial insurance to deliver paid family and medical leave benefits required by Maryland’s Time to Care Act, and approved entering a confidentiality agreement to participate in the request-for-proposal process.
Carroll County commissioners voted to authorize execution of a memorandum of agreement to join the Maryland Time to Care Act Sector Collaborative and a related confidentiality agreement, a county staff presenter said during the Jan. 23 meeting.
The county moved to participate in a multi-organization procurement that aims to secure commercial insurance to administer pay benefits required by the Time to Care Act, a Maryland law enacted in 2022 that provides wage replacement for eligible workers taking family or medical leave. "The Time to Care Act provides workers with job protection and the ability to take time away from work to care for themselves or a family member, and they can be paid up to $1,000 a week for up to 12 weeks," a county staff member told the board.
The action matters because the law requires employers with any worker in Maryland to provide paid leave benefits; benefits are scheduled to…
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