{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-5313","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 31-5313","heading":"Benefits.","body":"(a)\nA society may provide the following contractual benefits in any form:\n(1)\nDeath benefits;\n(2)\nEndowment benefits;\n(3)\nAnnuity benefits;\n(4)\nTemporary or permanent disability benefits;\n(5)\nHospital, medical, or nursing benefits;\n(6)\nMonument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members; and\n(7)\nSuch other benefits as authorized for life insurers and which are not inconsistent with this chapter.\n\n(b)\nA society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issued, or covered by, the contractual benefits in subsection (a) of this section, consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents. A society may provide benefits on the lives of children under the minimum age for adult membership upon application of an adult person.","path":["Title 31. Insurance and Securities.","Chapter 53. Fraternal Benefit Societies."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/31-5313","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"231ed1d096a42897cc6389601c7856d1c23574ae192b730b7681e33f3af160d6","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-5312","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-5314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}