Benefits Administrator
Benefits Administrator means:
(1) For the Teachers Plan and the Police and Firefighters Plan under section 11041(a) of the Act:
(i) During the interim benefits administration period, the District of Columbia government; or
(ii) After the end of the interim benefits administration period:
(A) The Trustee selected by the Department under sections 11035(a) or 11085(a) of the Act;
(B) The Department, if a determination is made under sections 11035(d) or 11085(d) of the Act that, in the interest of economy and efficiency, the function of the Trustee shall be performed by the Department rather than the Trustee; or
(C) Any other agent of the Department designated to make initial benefit determinations and/or to recover or recoup or waive recovery or recoupment of overpayments of Federal Benefit Payments, or to recover or recoup debts owed to the Federal Government by annuitants; or
(2) For the Judges Plan under section 11252(b) of the Act:
(i) During the interim benefits administration period, the District of Columbia government; or
(ii) After the end of the interim benefits administration period for the Judges Plan:
(A) The Trustee selected by the Department under section 11251(a) of the Act;
(B) The Department, if a determination is made under section 11251(a) of the Act that, in the interest of economy and efficiency, the function of the Trustee shall be performed by the Department rather than the Trustee; or
(C) Any other agent of the Department designated to make initial benefit determinations and/or to recover or recoup or waive recovery or recoupment of overpayments of Federal Benefit Payments, or to recover or recoup debts owed to the Federal Government by annuitants.