{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-623.10","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-623.10","heading":"Augmented compensation for dependents.","body":"(a)\nFor the purpose of this section, “dependent” means the following:\n(1)\nA spouse or domestic partner, if:\n(A)\nHe or she is a member of the same household as the employee;\n(B)\nHe or she is receiving regular contributions from the employee for his or her support; or\n(C)\nThe employee has been ordered by a court to contribute to his or her support;\n(2)\nAn unmarried child, while living with the employee or receiving regular contributions from the employee toward his or her support, and who is:\n(A)\nUnder 18 years of age; or\n(B)\nOver 18 years of age and incapable of self-support because of physical or mental disability; and\n(3)\nA parent, while wholly dependent on and supported by the employee.\n\n(a-1)\nRepealed.\n\n(b)\nAn employee with a disability, whose date of hire was before January 1, 1980, with 1 or more dependents is entitled to have his or her basic compensation for disability augmented:\n(1)\nAt the rate of 8 1/3 percent of his or her monthly pay if that compensation is payable under § 1-623.05 or § 1-623.07(a); or\n(2)\nAt the rate of 8 1/3 percent of the difference between his or her monthly pay and his or her monthly wage-earning capacity if that compensation is payable under § 1-623.06.\n\n(b-1)\nRepealed.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 6. Merit Personnel System.","Subchapter XXIII. Public Sector Workers’ Compensation."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-623.10","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"bfc5409dc0d09f891f9a0038adf8d3ab630c95d1395d48c5f275e2424d67873b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-623.09","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-623.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}