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District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0190 Compare Versions

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7		-	AN ACT
	3	+	__________________________________ 1
	4	+	Councilmember Janeese Lewis George 2
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	7	+	A BILL 5
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	9	+	_______________ 7
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	12	+	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10
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	14	+	_______________ 12
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	17	+	To amend, on an emergency basis, the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 to 15
	18	+	prohibit private disability insurance providers from reducing short-term disability 16
	19	+	benefits based on actual or estimated paid leave benefits to which an eligible 17
	20	+	individual may be entitled to from the District, regardless of the jurisdiction in 18
	21	+	which the insurance policy was issued or written; and to amend Title I of the 19
	22	+	Insurance Trade and Economic Development Amendment Act of 2000 to make the 20
	23	+	prohibition on offsetting or reducing benefits under a private market short-term 21
	24	+	disability insurance policy based on estimated or actual benefits received under the 22
	25	+	Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 enforceable under that law, 23
	26	+	regardless of the jurisdiction in which the insurance policy was issued or written. 24
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	28	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 26
	29	+	act may be cited as the “Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification 27
	30	+	Emergency Amendment Act of 2025”. 28
	31	+	Sec. 2. Section 107(j)(1) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective 29
	32	+	April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32-541.07(j)(1)), is amended to read as 30
	33	+	follows: 31
	34	+	“(1) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible 32
	35	+	individual under an individual or group policy for temporary or short-term disability insurance 33
	36	+	based on estimated or actual benefits the eligible individual may or does receive under this act, 34
	37	+	regardless of the jurisdiction in which such policy was issued, executed, written, or delivered.”. 35
	38	+	Sec. 3. Section 120a the Insurance Trade and Economic Development Amendment Act of 36 2
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	40	+	2000, effective April 2, 2001 (D.C. Law 13-265; D.C. Official Code § 31-2231.20a), is amended 37
	41	+	as follows: 38
	42	+	(a) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: 39
	43	+	“(a) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible individual 40
	44	+	under a temporary or short-term disability insurance policy, based on estimated or actual benefits 41
	45	+	the eligible individual may or does receive under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 42
	46	+	2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32-541.01 et seq.), 43
	47	+	regardless of in which jurisdiction such policy was executed, written, or delivered.”. 44
	48	+	(b) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows: 45
	49	+	“(c) For the purposes of this section, the term: 46
	50	+	“(1) “Eligible individual” shall have the same meaning as provided in section 47
	51	+	101(6) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 48
	52	+	21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32-541.01(6)). 49
	53	+	“(2) “Self-insured employer” shall have the same meaning as provided in section 50
	54	+	101(19A) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. 51
	55	+	Law 21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32-541.01(19A)).”. 52
	56	+	Sec. 4. Applicability. 53
	57	+	This act shall apply as of May 1, 2025. 54
	58	+	Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement. 55
	59	+	The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 56
	60	+	statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 57
	61	+	October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 58
	62	+	Sec. 6. Effective date. 59 3
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12		-	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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17		-	To amend, on an emergency basis, the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 to
18		-	prohibit private disability insurance providers from reducing short-term disability
19		-	benefits based on actual or estimated paid leave benefits to which an eligible
20		-	individual may be entitled to from the District, regardless of the jurisdiction in
21		-	which the insurance policy was issued or written; and to amend the Insurance Trade
22		-	and Economic Development Amendment Act of 2000 to make the prohibition on
23		-	offsetting or reducing benefits under a private market short -term disability
24		-	insurance policy based on estimated or actual benefits received under the Universal
25		-	Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 enforceable under that law, regardless of the
26		-	jurisdiction in which the insurance policy was issued or written.
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28		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
29		-	act may be cited as the “Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification
30		-	Emergency Amendment Act of 2025”.
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32		-	Sec. 2. Section 107(j)(1) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective
33		-	April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21- 264; D.C. Official Code § 32- 541.07(j)(1)), is amended to read as
34		-	follows:
35		-	“(j)(1) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible
36		-	individual under an individual or group policy for temporary or short-term disability insurance
37		-	based on estimated or actual benefits the eligible individual may or does receive under this act,
38		-	regardless of the jurisdiction in which such policy was issued, executed, written, or delivered.”.
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40		-	Sec. 3. Section 120a the Insurance Trade and Economic Development Amendment Act of
41		-	2000, effective April 2, 2001 (D.C. Law 13- 265; D.C. Official Code § 31- 2231.20a), is amended
42		-	as follows:
43		-	(a) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows:
44		-	“(a) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible individual
45		-	under a temporary or short-term disability insurance policy, based on estimated or actual benefits ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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51		-	the eligible individual may or does receive under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of
52		-	2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21- 264; D.C. Official Code § 32- 541.01 et seq. ),
53		-	regardless of in which jurisdiction such policy was executed, written, or delivered.”.
54		-	(b) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows:
55		-	“(c) For the purposes of this section, the term:
56		-	“(1) “Eligible individual” shall have the same meaning as provided in section
57		-	101(6) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law
58		-	21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32- 541.01(6)).
59		-	“(2) “Self-insured employer” shall have the same meaning as provided in section
60		-	101(19A) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C.
61		-	Law 21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32- 541.01(19A)).”.
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63		-	Sec. 4. Applicability.
64		-	This act shall apply as of July 10, 2024.
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66		-	Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement.
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68		-	The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact
69		-	statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved
70		-	October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a).
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73		-	This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the
74		-	Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than
75		-	90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section
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95		-	412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788;
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102		-	Chairman
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	64	+	This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 60
	65	+	Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 61
	66	+	90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 62
	67	+	412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; 63
	68	+	D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)). 64