Workers' Compensation - Claims Application Form - Authorization for Release of Information

New record-sharing rules for injured Maryland workers

Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland workers’ compensation applications require permission to share medical and financial information. This covers accidental injuries, deaths from accidental injuries, and work-related diseases. The information must be potentially relevant to the injured body part and the description of how the injury occurred. Recipients include the claimant’s attorney or that attorney’s agent, the employer or its insurer, the Uninsured Employers’ Fund, and the Subsequent Injury Fund. Covered records include medical histories, findings, charts, files, examination and progress notes, physical evidence, and additional claims. The permission covers records held by the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission and lasts one year from filing. It does not restrict further sharing of medical information or related written material with medical managers, health care professionals, or certified rehabilitation practitioners. These rules support claim processing but require sharing sensitive records. Accidental-injury claims must be filed with the Commission within 60 days. A report is also required if a physician chosen by the employee provided care. For an accidental-injury death, dependents or their designee must file within 18 months after death. They must provide the application, proof of death, attending physicians’ certificates, and any other proof the Commission requires. For work-related disease, claimants or dependents must file within two years, or three years for pulmonary dust disease. These periods run from disablement or death, or from the claimant’s first actual knowledge that employment caused the disablement.