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AN ACT
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To amend, on an emergency basis, the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 to
prohibit private disability insurance providers from reducing short-term disability
benefits based on actual or estimated paid leave benefits to which an eligible
individual may be entitled to from the District, regardless of the jurisdiction in
which the insurance policy was issued or written; and to amend the Insurance Trade
and Economic Development Amendment Act of 2000 to make the prohibition on
offsetting or reducing benefits under a private market short -term disability
insurance policy based on estimated or actual benefits received under the Universal
Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 enforceable under that law, regardless of the
jurisdiction in which the insurance policy was issued or written.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
act may be cited as the “Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification
Emergency Amendment Act of 2025”.
Sec. 2. Section 107(j)(1) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective
April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21- 264; D.C. Official Code § 32- 541.07(j)(1)), is amended to read as
follows:
“(j)(1) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible
individual under an individual or group policy for temporary or short-term disability insurance
based on estimated or actual benefits the eligible individual may or does receive under this act,
regardless of the jurisdiction in which such policy was issued, executed, written, or delivered.”.
Sec. 3. Section 120a the Insurance Trade and Economic Development Amendment Act of
2000, effective April 2, 2001 (D.C. Law 13- 265; D.C. Official Code § 31- 2231.20a), is amended
as follows:
(a) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows:
“(a) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible individual
under a temporary or short-term disability insurance policy, based on estimated or actual benefits ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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the eligible individual may or does receive under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of
2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21- 264; D.C. Official Code § 32- 541.01 et seq. ),
regardless of in which jurisdiction such policy was executed, written, or delivered.”.
(b) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows:
“(c) For the purposes of this section, the term:
“(1) “Eligible individual” shall have the same meaning as provided in section
101(6) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law
21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32- 541.01(6)).
“(2) “Self-insured employer” shall have the same meaning as provided in section
101(19A) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C.
Law 21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32- 541.01(19A)).”.
Sec. 4. Applicability.
This act shall apply as of July 10, 2024.
Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact
statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved
October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a).
Sec. 6. Effective date.
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than
90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section
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412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788;
D.C. Official Code § 1- 204.12(a)).
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Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
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Mayor
District of Columbia