{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-622.06","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-622.06","heading":"Automatic coverage; description of benefits.","body":"(a)\nExcept as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an employee is automatically insured on the date the employee becomes eligible for insurance. Each policy purchased by the Mayor under § 1-622.05 shall provide for this automatic coverage.\n\n(b)\nAn employee who does not wish to be insured shall give written notice to the employee’s employing office or such other office designated by the Mayor on a form prescribed by the Mayor. If notice is received before the employee becomes insured, then the employee shall not be insured. If notice is received after the employee has become insured, the insurance will end at the end of the pay period in which the notice was received.\n\n(c)\nThe Mayor shall make available to each insured employee or annuitant a written statement or summary of:\n(1)\nThe benefits to which the employee, annuitant, or member of the family of the employee or annuitant are entitled;\n(2)\nThe procedures for obtaining benefits; and\n(3)\nThe principal provisions of the policy in effect.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 6. Merit Personnel System.","Subchapter XXII. Life Insurance; Benefit Program Study."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-622.06","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9b559e1c65d9e0a3dcfc99716902dcc1fd8a989b5d896cfffca6c734e7c2b0bf","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-622.05","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-622.07"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}