The mandate, if approved by the D.C. Council, would go into effect Jan. 1, 2014, for new and currently uninsured small businesses with fewer than 50 employees, but it would extend that deadline for businesses that already offer health insurance, according to the report.
Regulators’ reasoned that because the district’s exchange is likely to be much smaller than any state’s exchange, participation from small businesses is the only way to make the online marketplace feasible.
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