District of Columbia Council Period 25 Status: Enacted

B 25-0496 — Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023

Last action — Act A25-0269 Published in DC Register Vol 70 and Page 014462, Expires on Jan 24, 2024

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Council
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced September 28, 2023. Enacted.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

63 added · 64 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to the bill clarifies that private disability insurance companies cannot reduce short-term disability benefits for individuals based on the paid leave benefits they may receive from the District. This ensures that people receiving paid leave can maintain their full short-term disability benefits without penalty, regardless of where their insurance policy was issued. This change is important because it protects eligible individuals from potentially losing financial support when they access paid leave.

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2 ________________________________ __________________________________ Councilmember Anita Bonds Councilmember Janeese Lewis George 6 8 A BILL ___________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _______________ To amend, on an emergency basis due to congressional review, 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 an eligible individual may be entitled to from the District, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the insurance policy was issued or written;
ENROLLED ORIGINAL AN ACT ___________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _______________ To amend, on an emergency basis, due to congressional review, 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 from the District, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the insurance policy was issued or written;
and to amend Title I of the Insurance Trade and Economic Development Amendment Act of 2000 to make 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.
and to amend Title I of 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.
“(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 the eligible individual may or does receive under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C.
“(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 the eligible individual may or does receive under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C.
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 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
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 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
______________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia ENROLLED ORIGINAL 3
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Action History

  1. Act A25-0269 Published in DC Register Vol 70 and Page 014462, Expires on Jan 24, 2024

  2. Returned from Mayor

  3. Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A25-0269, Expires on Jan 24, 2024

  4. Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Oct 31, 2023

  5. Final Reading, CC

  6. Retained by the Council

  7. B25-0496 Introduced by Councilmember Lewis George at Office of the Secretary

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 13 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (13)

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Votes

Final Reading, CC

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Total 12001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Anita Bonds — Yea
Brianne K. Nadeau — Yea
Brooke Pinto — Not Voting
Charles Allen — Yea
Christina Henderson — Yea
Janeese Lewis George — Yea
Kenyan R. McDuffie — Yea
Matthew Frumin — Yea
Phil Mendelson — Yea
Robert C. White, Jr. — Yea
Trayon White, Sr. — Yea
Vincent Gray — Yea
Zachary Parker — Yea

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Subjects

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B 25-0496 is sponsored by Janeese Lewis George.
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