(a) If the Commission fails to comply with this subtitle and an employee of the Commission is adversely affected, the certified representative of the employee may file an appeal on the record on behalf of the employee before the State Office of Administrative Hearings in accordance with the contested case provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.
(b) (1) If the administrative law judge finds that the Commission was arbitrary and capricious in soliciting or entering into a service contract that is subject to this subtitle, and the employee of the Commission has been adversely affected, the administrative law judge may award the employee actual damages for back pay and front pay for a combined period of up to 2 years beginning on the date the employee was first adversely affected.
(2) The employee is obligated to mitigate the actual damages.
(3) An award of actual damages authorized under this subsection shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for a violation of this subtitle that is available to the employee, and liability may not accrue for punitive damages, consequential damages, or damages for emotional distress or pain and suffering.
(c) Noncompliance with this subtitle may not invalidate a contract award or proposed contract award that the Commission has otherwise validly awarded or issued.
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