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.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 2215; as added June 10, 1998, D.C. Law 12-124, § 101(w)(2), 45 DCR 2464.)
1981 Ed., § 1-623.15.
Applicability of § 101 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.
Construction of Law 12-124
Section 301 of D.C. Law 12-124 provided that nothing in the act shall be construed as superseding the provisions of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, approved August 5, 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712), except that § 47-395.04(b)(3) is expressly superseded. Further, nothing in the act shall be construed as superseding the provisions of § 47-391.01 et seq. or of § 164 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, approved November 19, 1997 (Public Law 105-100; 111 Stat. 2160).
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