D.C. Code § 31-2231.20a(Perm): Prohibition on offsetting short-term disability benefits.

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(a)

No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an individual under a temporary or short-term disability insurance policy based on estimated or actual benefits the individual may or does receive under the subchapter IV of Chapter 5 of Title 32.

(b)

Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the actions of a self-insured employer or to the actions of an insurer to the extent the insurer is acting on behalf of a self-insured employer as a third-party administrator for the self-insured employer.

(c)

For the purposes of this section, the term "self-insured employer" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-541.01(19A).