The Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 amends the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 and the Insurance Trade and Economic Development Amendment Act of 2000. The bill prohibits private disability insurance providers from offsetting or reducing short-term disability benefits based on any actual or estimated paid leave benefits that an eligible individual may receive from the District. This prohibition applies regardless of the jurisdiction in which the insurance policy was issued or written.

Specifically, the bill amends Section 107(j)(1) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act to clarify that no insurer may reduce benefits available to an eligible individual under a temporary or short-term disability insurance policy based on benefits received under the Universal Paid Leave Act. Additionally, it amends Section 120a of the Insurance Trade and Economic Development Amendment Act to enforce this prohibition under that law as well. The act is set to apply as of July 10, 2024, and will remain in effect for no longer than 90 days following approval by the Mayor.