2023 District of Columbia Code
Title 99 - Reserved sections
§ 31–2231.20a. (Perm). Prohibition on offsetting short-term disability benefits
(a) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an individual under a temporary or short-term disability insurance policy based on estimated or actual benefits the individual may or does receive under the subchapter IV of Chapter 5 of Title 32.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the actions of a self-insured employer or to the actions of an insurer to the extent the insurer is acting on behalf of a self-insured employer as a third-party administrator for the self-insured employer.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term "self-insured employer" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-541.01(19A).
(Apr. 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-265, § 120a; as added Nov. 13, 2021, D.C. Law 24-45, § 4067, 68 DCR 10163.)
