(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 shall be offered the option of purchasing additional coverage for themselves, and for their spouses and dependent children, and the cost of the additional coverage shall be borne solely by the employees purchasing that coverage, except Executive Service employees.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 2207; as added Oct. 1, 1987, D.C. Law 7-27, § 2(f), 34 DCR 5079; June 10, 1998, D.C. Law 12-124, § 101(w)(1), 45 DCR 2464.)
1981 Ed., § 1-623.7.
This section is referenced in § 1-622.03 and § 1-622.05.
For actual amounts under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance plan referred to in (a), see 5 U.S.C. § 8704.
Applicability of § 101(w) of D.C. Law 12-124: Section 401(c) of D.C. Law 12-124, as amended by § 60 of D.C. Law 12-264, provided that § 101(h), (l), (m), (n), (o)(2) through (5), (q), (r), (t), (u), (w), and (y) of the act shall apply as of October 21, 1998.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 1 - Government Organization
Chapter 6 - Merit Personnel System
Subchapter XXII - Life Insurance; Benefit Program Study
§ 1–622.01. Federal life insurance benefits
§ 1–622.02. Benefit program study
§ 1–622.03. District life insurance benefits
§ 1–622.05. Contracting authority
§ 1–622.06. Automatic coverage; description of benefits
§ 1–622.07. Group insurance; amounts
§ 1–622.08. Death claims; order of precedence; viatical settlements
§ 1–622.09. Termination of insurance
§ 1–622.10. Employee deductions; withholdings; payments
§ 1–622.11. District contributions
§ 1–622.12. Annual accounting; reports
§ 1–622.13. Special contingency reserve
§ 1–622.14. Rules; eligibility