Section 7-113. BENEFITS DEDUCTIONS

 

113.1Effective concurrent with the effective date of this chapter, an employee who receives the following benefits on the date that he or she is injured shall continue to receive the following benefits if his or her claim for indemnity compensation is accepted, and the premiums, if any, shall be deducted from the claimant’s indemnity compensation payments:

 

(a) Health care insurance;

 

(b) Life insurance;

 

(c) Dental insurance; and

 

(d) Vision insurance.

 

113.2When the Program accepts a claim for indemnity compensation, it shall notify the claimant of the benefits for which premiums will be deducted under this section.

 

113.3The premiums, if any, paid by the Program under this section shall be the same as any premiums paid for the same benefits by the District for active employees.  The premiums paid by claimants under this section shall be the same as any premiums paid for the same benefits by active employees.     

 

113.4District government contributions that are paid for any of the benefits listed in § 113.1 shall not be reported by the District government as taxable income.

 

113.5A claimant who wishes to opt out of any of the benefits listed in § 113.1 after he or she begins receiving indemnity compensation may do so by following the policies, procedures, and regulations of the District of Columbia Department of Human Resources.

authority

Chief Risk Officer of the Office of Risk Management (ORM), Executive Office of the Mayor, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 2344 of the District of Columbia Government Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (CMPA), effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-623.44 (2012 Supp.)); section 7 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2003 for the Office of Risk Management, effective December 15, 2003; and Mayor’s Order 2004-198, effective December 14, 2004

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 2307 (May 22, 1981); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 9540 (October 8, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 12224, 12231 (December 24, 2010); repealed and replaced by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8766, 8779 (July 27, 2012).