Two pieces  of The Sustainable DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2014 that many LeadingAge DC members need to implement by January 1, 2016

• Title III, Subtitle A, “Reducing Single Occupancy Vehicle Use by Encouraging Transit Benefits.”
  • An employer of 20 or more employees must “provide at least one of the following transportation benefit programs to its employees”: 

(1) A pre-tax election transportation fringe benefits program that provides commuter highway vehicle, transit, or bicycling benefits consistent with section 132(f)(l)(A),(B), and (D) of the Internal Revenue Code at benefit levels at least equal to the
maximum amount that may be deducted for those programs from an employee’s gross income pursuant to section 132(£)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(2) An employer-paid benefit program whereby the employer supplies, at the
election of the employee, a transit pass for the public transit system requested by each covered 5 ENROLLED ORIGINAL employee or reimbursement of vanpool or bicycling costs in amount at least equal to the purchase price of a transit pass for an equivalent trip on a public transit system; or
(3) Employer-provided transportation at no cost to the covered employee in a
vanpool or bus operated by or for the employer.

•  Title IV.Climate and the Environment
  • Sec. 402. Prohibition on use of expanded polystyrene food service products.

(a) By January I, 2016, no food service business shall sell or provide food in expanded
polystyrene food service products, regardless of where the food will be consumed.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to food or beverages that were filled and sealed in expanded polystyrene containers before a food service business received them or to materials used to package raw, uncooked, or butchered meat, fish, poultry, or seafood for off premises consumption.