Title 1, Government Organization.

Upon request by the Chief Financial Officer, the Mayor and the head of any District agency or instrumentality shall furnish to the Chief Financial Officer information with respect to the benefits system to which this subchapter applies as the Chief Financial Officer considers nec…

The Chief Financial Officer shall: (1) Direct the enrolled actuary engaged pursuant to § 1-621.09a to: (A) From time to time, prepare an experiential study for the Fund; (B) Each fiscal year, prepare an asset allocation study for the Fund, and: (C) Prepare such other analyses as …

(a) The Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall engage an independent qualified public accountant to conduct an annual audit of the Fund in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The examination shall involve such tests of the books and records of the Fund as …

(a)(1) By April 1st of each year, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall publish an annual report regarding the Fund. (2) The annual report published pursuant to this subsection shall include: (A) Along with the assumptions for the Fund used by the enrolled actuary pursu…

(a) The Mayor shall make available to each employee information as may be necessary to enable the employee to exercise an informed choice among the types of health benefit plans offered. (b) The Mayor shall make available to each employee and annuitant enrolled in a health benefi…

An employee enrolled in a health benefit plan under § 1-621.02 who is removed or suspended without pay and later reinstated or restored to duty on the ground that the removal or suspension was unwarranted or unjustified may, at the employee’s option, enroll as a new employee or h…

(a) The Mayor shall make periodic evaluations of the operation and administration of the health benefit plans provided under § 1-621.05. (b) Each contract entered into under § 1-621.04 shall require the carrier to: (1) Furnish reasonable reports as the Mayor determines necessary …

(a) In order to ensure proper implementation of the health benefit plans under § 1-621.05 by October 1, 1987, the Mayor may issue temporary rules regarding the health benefit plans that shall not be subject to Council review. These temporary rules shall remain in effect only unti…

A District government employee who is separated from service, or an employee’s dependent who ceases to be a dependent, may be eligible for extended health benefit coverage in accordance with rules issued by the Mayor. The rules shall be as consistent as possible with federal regu…

Upon a request of the District of Columbia Retirement Board, the Mayor, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chairman of the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board, the President of the Board of Education, or their successors, shall furnish to the Retirement Board informati…

(a) An annuitant may be eligible for the post-employment health benefits as set forth in § 1-621.05. (b) To be eligible for post-employment health benefits, the annuitant must: (1) Retire with at least: (A) 10 years of creditable District service if the annuitant retired under th…

There is established an Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund Advisory Committee (“Advisory Committee”) to advise the Office of the Chief Financial Officer in its administration of the Other Post-Employment Benefits Fund (“Fund”) established pursuant to § 1-621.09(c).

(a) The Advisory Committee shall consist of 7 members selected as follows: (1) One individual appointed by the Council of the District of Columbia; (2) One individual appointed by the Mayor; (3) Four individuals appointed by the Chief Financial Officer; and (4) One individual who…

(a) The Advisory Committee shall: (1) Advise the Office of the Chief Financial Officer regarding: (A) General administration of the Fund; (B) Fund investment objectives and practices; (C) Fund portfolio composition and asset allocation; (D) Authorized Fund investments; (E) The cr…

(a) The Advisory Committee shall hold no fewer than 2 meetings per year. The chairperson of the Advisory Committee shall fix the time and place of each meeting. (b) The meetings of the Advisory Committee shall not be subject to subchapter IV of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-571 et se…

The life insurance benefits provisions of Chapter 87 of Title 5 of the United States Code shall apply to all employees of the District government first employed before October 1, 1987, except those specifically excluded by law or rule and regulation. Procedures established for ad…

Within 18 months after March 3, 1979, the Mayor shall transmit a study to the Council concerning development of a program of disability income protection to be made available to employees through collective bargaining and a program of low cost legal services for employees.

The District shall provide the group life insurance benefits set forth in § 1-622.07 to all employees of the District first employed after September 30, 1987, except those specifically excluded by law or by rule.

For the purposes of §§ 1-622.05 through 1-622.14, the term: (1) “Annuitant” means: (A) An employee first employed by the District after September 30, 1987, who has subsequently retired pursuant to any of the following: (i) Teachers’ Retirement System (§§ 38-2001.01 to 38-2023.16)…

(a) The Mayor may purchase from 1 or more life insurance companies a policy or policies of group life insurance to provide the benefits set forth in § 1-622.07 from a life insurance company licensed to provide life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance under the laws o…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an employee is automatically insured on the date the employee becomes eligible for insurance. Each policy purchased by the Mayor under § 1-622.05 shall provide for this automatic coverage. (b) An employee who does not wish…

(a) The group life insurance amounts purchased by the District under § 1-622.05 shall be no less than the insurance amounts provided under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (“F.E.G.L.I.”) plan pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 8702, in effect as of October 1, 1987. (b) Employees sh…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (a-1) of this section, the amount of group life insurance in force for an employee or annuitant at the date of the employee or annuitant death shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, to the person or persons surviving at the date…

(a) A policy purchased under § 1-622.05 shall contain a provision, approved by the Mayor, providing that insurance on an employee ends 1 month after separation from the District or after discontinuance of pay, with provision for temporary extension of life insurance coverage and …

(a) During each pay period in which the employee or annuitant is insured under a policy of insurance purchased by the District under § 1-622.05, an amount determined by the Mayor shall be withheld from the compensation of the employee or the annuity of the annuitant as his or her…

(a) For each pay period in which an employee or annuitant is insured under a policy of insurance purchased under § 1-622.05, a sum computed at a rate determined by the Mayor shall be contributed from the appropriation or fund that is used to pay the employee or annuitant to the c…

(a) Each policy purchased by the District under § 1-622.05 shall provide for an accounting by the company from which the insurance was purchased to the Mayor not later than 90 days after the end of each policy year. The accounting shall set forth, in form approved by the Mayor: (…

(a) An excess of the total of § 1-622.12(a)(1) over the sum of § 1-622.12(a)(2) and (a)(3) shall be held by the company issuing the policy as a special contingency reserve to be used by the company only for charges under the policy purchased under § 1-622.05. (b) The special cont…

(a) In order to ensure proper implementation of the group life insurance under § 1-622.05 by October 1, 1987, the Mayor may issue temporary rules regarding the group life insurance that shall not be subject to Council review. These temporary rules shall remain in effect only unti…

The Mayor shall establish a disability income program to include short- and long-term disability insurance which shall provide coverage for non-job-related injuries and illnesses.

An annuitant may elect to convert group life insurance benefits authorized in § 1-622.03 to an individual policy upon separation from service.

For the purpose of this subchapter: (1) The term “employee” means: (A) A civil officer or employee in any branch of the District of Columbia government, including an officer or employee of an instrumentality wholly owned by the District of Columbia government; (B) An individual r…

(a) The District of Columbia government shall pay compensation as specified by this subchapter for the disability or death of an employee resulting from personal injury sustained while in the performance of his or her duty, unless the injury or death is: (1) Caused by willful mis…

The Mayor shall administer and decide all questions arising under this chapter. The Mayor may delegate to the City Administrator any of the powers conferred on him or her by this chapter, except disability compensation hearings and adjudication powers, pursuant to § 1-623.28, whi…

The functions of the program shall be to: (1) Establish appropriate systems and procedures for the reporting of occupational accidents and illnesses; (2) Maintain and analyze records of all occupational accidents and illnesses occurring within agencies; (3) Study safety problems …

(a) The District government shall furnish to an employee who is injured while in the performance of duty the services, appliances, and supplies prescribed or recommended by a qualified physician, who is approved by the Mayor or his or her designee pursuant to subsection (d) of th…

(a) The Mayor shall direct an individual with a permanent or temporary disability whose disability is compensable under this subchapter to undergo vocational rehabilitation. The Mayor shall provide for furnishing the vocational rehabilitation services. In providing for these serv…

(a) If the disability is total, subject to the limitations in § 1-623.06a, the District government shall pay the employee during the disability monthly monetary compensation equal to 66 2/3 percent of his or her monthly pay, which shall be known as his or her basic compensation f…

(a) If the disability is partial, subject to limitations in § 1-623.06a, the District government shall pay the employee during the disability monthly monetary compensation equal to 66 2/3 percent of the difference between his or her monthly pay and his or her monthly wage-earning…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, for any one injury causing temporary total or temporary partial disability, the payment for disability benefits shall not continue for more than a total of 500 weeks; provided, that within the last 52 weeks, the claimant s…

(a) The Mayor shall require each employee receiving benefits under this subchapter to report his or her earnings from employment or self-employment by affidavit, including by providing copies of tax returns and authorizing the Mayor to obtain copies of tax documents, within 30 da…

(a) If there is permanent disability involving the loss, or loss of use, of a member or function of the body or disfigurement, the employee is entitled to basic compensation for the disability, as provided by the schedule in subsection (c) of this section, at the rate of 66 2/3 p…

The period of compensation payable under the schedule in § 1-623.07 is reduced by the period of compensation paid or payable under the schedule for an earlier injury if: (1) Compensation in both cases is for disability of the same member or function or different parts of the same…

(a) If an individual: (1) Has sustained disability compensable under § 1-623.07(a); (2) has filed a valid claim in his or her lifetime; and (3) dies from a cause other than the injury before the end of the period specified by the schedule; the compensation specified by the schedu…

(a) For the purpose of this section, “dependent” means the following: (1) A spouse or domestic partner, if: (A) He or she is a member of the same household as the employee; (B) He or she is receiving regular contributions from the employee for his or her support; or (C) The emplo…

(a) The Mayor may pay an employee who has been awarded compensation an additional sum of not more than $500 a month, as he or she considers necessary, when he or she finds that the service of an attendant is necessary constantly because the employee is totally blind or has lost t…