{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3841.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 31-3841.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a)\nFor the purposes of this chapter, the term:\n(1)\n\"Health insurer\" means a person that provides one or more health benefit plans or insurance in the District of Columbia, including an insurer, a hospital and medical services corporation, a fraternal benefit society, a health maintenance organization, a multiple employer welfare arrangement, or any other person providing a plan of health insurance subject to the authority of the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking.\n(2)\n\"Open enrollment period\" means the yearly period during which a person can enroll in a health insurance plan.\n(3)\n\"Special enrollment period\" means any time a person has the option to enroll in or change their health insurance outside of the open enrollment period.","path":["Title 31. Insurance and Securities.","Chapter 38C. Health Insurer Requirement to Provide a Special Enrollment Period for a Pregnant Individual."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/31-3841.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b13f845d3f9b6f4f425a199eeba9a584cbeb165d3a10d6dc189f398fd90045a6","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3837","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3841.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}