MARYLAND STATE RETIREMENT AND PENSION SYSTEM AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTICE EXTENDING CERTAIN TIME REQUIREMENTS Changes due to COVID-19 State of Emergency. Your future retirement benefit is made up of two portionsa core benefit and a supplemental benefit.A Participant who has reached his or her termination of employment may elect, at any time, to receive a cashout of the Employee Contributions. Full retirement benefits are available at either age 50 or upon reaching 25 years of eligibility service. There is no early retirement benefit. View More. Maryland.gov. You can edit your Application On-File at any time to keep it up-to-date. Use it to copy into any new application. The plan can charge qualified beneficiaries an increased premium, up to 150 percent of the cost of coverage, during the 11- month disability extension.