MARYLAND EDITION
Legislative Update
On July 19, a federal district court judge
struck down Maryland’s Fair share legislation (S.B.
1284) that would have forced Wal-Mart and
other large employers to spend a certain
amount of their payroll on health care for
their employees. Judge Frederick Motz
said that the “Wal-Mart Bill”,
enacted by the General Assembly overriding
Governor Robert Ehrlich’s veto earlier
this year, violated ERISA’s fundamental
purpose of “permitting multi-state
employers to maintain nationwide health and
welfare plans, providing uniform nationwide
benefits and permitting uniform national
administration” and was therefore preempted.
LOCAL SPOTLIGHT
Where We Are
60 Corporate Center
10490 Little Patuxent Parkway
Suite 400
Columbia, MD 21044
6701 Democracy Blvd.
Suite 401
Bethesda, MD 20817
Who to Contact
Gregg Prussing
410.884.2588
Gregg.Prussing@cigna.com
Julia
Huggins
410.884.2510
Julia.Huggins@cigna.com
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