5425906 Resolution 21-43, Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

 

21-43

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

March 3, 2015

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with the respect to the need amend the Human Rights Act of 1977 to clarify that the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex shall not be construed to require an employer to provide insurance coverage related to a reproductive health decision.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a) On December 17, 2014, the Council passed the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014, enacted on January 23, 2015 (D.C. Act 20-593; 62 DCR 1337), to ensure that protection of individuals from discrimination by an employer or employment agency on the basis of sex includes protection from discrimination based an individual’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making.

           

            (b) Emergency legislation is needed to clarify that the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex shall not be construed to require an employer to provide insurance coverage related to a reproductive health decision.

 

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.