5653274 Human Resources, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending Chapter 22, Life Insurance Benefits

D.C. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

 

NOTICE OF FINAL 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. (2014 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of the adoption of a final rulemaking to amend Chapter 22 (Life Insurance Benefits) of Subtitle B, Title 6 (Government Personnel), of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). 

 

The rulemaking updates Chapter 22 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 also a full-time student.  This will align the definition with the current District of Columbia Employee Life Insurance (DCELGI) contract.

 

No comments were received and no changes were made to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on July 17, 2015 at 62 DCR 009851.  The rules were adopted as final on August 26, 2015, and shall become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

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

Section 2299, DEFINITIONS, is amended to add the definition 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).