Section 11-811 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Amount of award(a)(1)(i) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an award under this subtitle shall be made in accordance with the schedule of benefits, as it existed on January 1, 2001, and degree of disability as specified in Title 9, Subtitle 6 of the Labor and Employment Article and any other applicable provisions of the Labor and Employment Article, except for Title 9, Subtitle 8 of the Labor and Employment Article.(ii) For determining the amount of an award under this subtitle, the term "average weekly wages" does not include tips, gratuities, and wages that are undeclared on the claimant's State or federal income tax returns for the applicable years.(iii) If a claimant does not have "average weekly wages" to qualify under the formula in Title 9, Subtitle 6 of the Labor and Employment Article, the award shall be in an amount equal to the average of the maximum and minimum awards listed in the applicable portion of that subtitle.(2) An award for loss of earnings or support made under this subtitle may be up to two-thirds of the victim's gross average wage, but may not be less than the amount provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection.(3) The parent or guardian of a victim who is a child and who resides with the victim may be eligible for an award of up to 30 days of lost earnings as a result of caring for the victim.(4) An award for funeral expenses may not exceed $10,000.(5) Subject to the limitation under subsection (b)(3) of this section and § 11-812 of this subtitle, a person who is eligible for an award as the result of the death of a victim or psychological injury may be eligible, under the regulations that the Board adopts, to receive psychiatric, psychological, or mental health counseling.(6) Subject to the limitation under subsection (b)(6) of this section and § 11-812 of this subtitle, a parent, child, domestic partner, dependent, or spouse of a victim who resides with the victim and who is eligible for an award as the result of the injury of a victim is eligible to receive psychiatric, psychological, or mental health counseling.(7) Subject to the limitation under subsection (b)(7) of this section and § 11-812 of this subtitle, a parent, child, domestic partner, dependent, or spouse of a victim who died as a direct result of a crime or delinquent act is eligible for an award of up to 2 weeks of lost average weekly wages.(b) Compensation awarded under this subtitle may not exceed: (1) for a disability-related or dependency-related claim: (i) except as provided in item (ii) of this paragraph, $25,000; or(ii) if the injury to the victim results in permanent total disability, up to an additional $25,000 after a disability-related claim has been awarded to the victim;(2) $45,000 for a medical claim;(3) $45,000 for each claimant for psychiatric, psychological, or mental health counseling under subsection (a)(5) of this section;(4) except as provided in item (1)(ii) of this subsection, a total of $45,000, including any subsequent and supplemental awards;(5) $2,000 for each claimant for repair, replacement, or cleaning of property damaged, soiled, or littered as a result of a crime or law enforcement investigation of a crime, including the cost of replacing locks;(6) for an award for psychiatric, psychological, or mental health counseling made under subsection (a)(6) of this section: (i) $10,000 for each claimant; and(ii) $20,000 for each incident; or(7) $2,000 for lost average weekly wage claims made under subsection (a)(7) of this section.Amended by 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 705,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2025.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 378, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2020.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 8, Sec. 1, eff. 3/27/2019.Amended by 2017 Md. Laws, Ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2017.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.