5560736 Human Resources, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - To amend the definition of dependent child in Chapter 22, Life Insurance Benefits

D.C. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Director of the D.C. Department of Human Resources, with the concurrence of the City Administrator, pursuant to Mayor’s Order 2008-92, dated June 26, 2008, and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XXII of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code §§ 1-622.01 et seq. (2012 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt the following proposed amendments to Chapter 22 (Life Insurance Benefits) of Subtitle B, Title 6 (Government Personnel), of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR), in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

The purpose of these rules is to amend the definition of dependent child from age twenty-six (26) to twenty-one (21); and to add language for a dependent child through age twenty-four (24) who is a full-time student.  This will align the definition with the current District of Columbia Employee Life Insurance (DCELGI) contract.

 

Upon adoption, these rules will amend 6-B DCMR Chapter 22, Life Insurance  Benefits, as published at 41 DCR 3235 (June 10, 1994) and amended at 44 DCR 2833 (May 9, 1997), 44 DCR 5368 (September 19, 1997), and 60 DCR 11218 (August 2, 2013). 

Chapter 22, LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS, Title 6-B DCMR, GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL, is amended as follows:

Section 2299, DEFINITIONS, is amended as follows:

 

Dependent child - a natural child, adopted child, stepchild, or foster child of an employee, retiree, or annuitant who is any of the following:

 

(a)        An unmarried dependent child through twenty-one (21) years of age;

 

(b)        An unmarried dependent child through twenty-four (24) years of age, who is a full-time student; or

 

(c)        An unmarried child regardless of age who is incapable of self-support because of mental or physical disability that existed before age twenty-one (21).

 

 

Comments on these proposed regulations should be submitted, in writing, within thirty (30) days of the date of the publication of this notice to Mr. Justin Zimmerman, Associate Director, Policy and Compliance Administration, D.C. Department of Human Resources, 441 4^th Street, N.W., Suite 330 South, Washington, D.C. 20001, or via email at [e-mail]. Additional copies of these proposed rules are available at the above address.