ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-613
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
September 17, 2024
To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to amend 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 to 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 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.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification
Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024”.
Sec. 2. (a) On June 25, 2024, the Council passed the Short-Term Disability Insurance
Benefit Protection Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, effective July 18, 2024
(D.C. Act 25-0515; 71 DCR 009344) (“emergency act”). The emergency act will expire on
October 16, 2024.
(b) On July 9, 2024, the Council passed the Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit
Protection Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, enacted on July 25, 2024 (D.C. Act
25-0536; 71 DCR 009953) (“temporary act”). The temporary act is now pending congressional
review and has a projected law date of December 7, 2024.
(c) To prevent a gap in the law between the expiration of the emergency act and the
effective date of the temporary act, it is necessary to pass congressional review emergency
legislation.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit
Protection Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 be adopted
after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.