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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The District of Columbia Retirement Board (the “Board”), pursuant to the authority set forth in section 12l(e) of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act (the “Reform Act”), Pub. L. 96-122, 93 Stat. 866, November 17, 1979 (codified at D.C. Official Code §1-711(k) (2011 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of its intent to adopt the following amendment to the Board Classification and Compensation Program Regulations at Chapter 18 of Title 7 in 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 Board was established by the Reform Act as an independent agency of the District of Columbia. The Board is responsible for managing and controlling the Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund and the Teachers’ Retirement Fund, as well as implementing and administering the retirement and post-employment benefit programs for members and officers of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and the teachers in the public day schools of the District of Columbia.
The “Retirement Reform Act Amendment Act of 2004” (the “Amendment Act”), effective April 8, 2005 (D.C. Law 15-300), amended the Reform Act to expand the Board’s personnel authority to establish classification and compensation for its employees. The Amendment Act also stipulates that the Board has exclusive authority to establish by regulation alternative benefits requirements for its employees to recruit and retain highly qualified personnel.
The proposed alternative benefits rule would allow the Board to establish an enhanced disability benefit program for its staff. This proposed rule was approved by the Board on July 19, 2012. Upon adoption, this rule will amend section 1805 of Chapter 18 of title 7 DCMR, published at 57 DCR 130 (January 1, 2010).
CHAPTER 18
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT BOARD CLASSIFICATION AND
COMPENSATION PROGRAM REGULATIONS
Section 1805 of Chapter 18 of the District of Columbia Retirement Board Classification and Compensation Program Regulations is amended as follows:
A new section 1805.4 is added to read as follows:
1805.4 The Retirement Board may fund and provide a short-term disability benefit plan and a long-term disability benefit plan (the “plans”) for all of the Retirement Board’s eligible employees. These plans are in addition to the short-term and long-term disability insurance programs of the District of Columbia Government in which Board employees may voluntarily participate. The terms of the plans are as follows:
(a) The plans shall cover all eligible employees as determined by the Board and set forth in the respective plan document;
(b) The Board shall pay all premiums on behalf of eligible employees;
(c) The plan document shall contain the official summary description of the respective plan and shall include the terms, conditions and provisions of the plan.
Comments on this proposed rulemaking should be submitted in writing to Erie F. Sampson, General Counsel, District of Columbia Retirement Board, 900 7th Street, N.W., 2nd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001, or by email to erie.sampson@dc.gov, within thirty (30) days of the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Additional copies of this proposed rulemaking are available on the Board’s website: htpp://www.dcrb.dc.gov.
