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Committee Print B26-0181 1
Committee on Health 2
July 8, 2026 3
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A BILL 7
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12
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To amend the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 to prohibit private disability insurance 16
providers from reducing short-term disability benefits based on actual or estimated paid leave 17
benefits to which an eligible individual may be entitled to from the District, regardless of the 18
jurisdiction in which the insurance policy was issued or written; and to amend the Insurance 19
Trade and Economic Development Amendment Act of 2000 to make the prohibition on 20
offsetting or reducing benefits under a private market short-term disability insurance policy 21
based on estimated or actual benefits received under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act 22
of 2016 enforceable under that law, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the insurance policy 23
was issued or written. 24
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 26
act may be cited as the “Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Amendment 27
Act of 2026”. 28
Sec. 2. Section 107(j)(1) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 29
2017 (D.C. Law 21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32-541.07(j)(1)), is amended to read as follows: 30
“(j)(1) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible individual 31
under an individual or group policy for temporary or short-term disability insurance based on estimated 32
or actual benefits the eligible individual may or does receive under this act, regardless of the jurisdiction 33
in which such policy was issued, executed, written, or delivered.” 34
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Sec. 3. Section 120a the Insurance Trade and Economic Development Amendment Act of 2000, 35
effective November 13, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-45; D.C. Official Code § 31-2231.20a), is amended as 36
follows: 37
(a) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: 38
“(a) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible individual 39
under a temporary or short-term disability insurance policy, based on estimated or actual benefits the 40
eligible individual may or does receive under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, 41
effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32-541.01 et seq.), regardless of in 42
which jurisdiction such policy was executed, written, or delivered.”. 43
(b) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows: 44
“(c) For the purposes of this section, the term: 45
“(1) “Eligible individual” shall have the same meaning as provided in section 101(6) of 46
the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-264; D.C. 47
Official Code § 32-541.01(6)). 48
“(2) “Self-insured employer” shall have the same meaning as provided in section 49
101(19A) of the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-50
264; D.C. Official Code § 32-541.01(19A)).”. 51
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 52
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal impact 53
statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 54
16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 55
Sec. 5. Effective date. 56
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This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by Mayor, 57
action by the Council to override veto) and a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in 58
section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 59
813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)). 60