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WASHINGTON TRADE BD. &Syllabusv#o P['Cn&P#  ddd} DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al. v. GREATER   WASHINGTON BOARD OF TRADE 1   d}dd certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit  N #[ P['CdP#u No. 91!1326. Argued November 3, 1992"Decided December 14, 1992 *  uBI *,    dddx u , , Section 2(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Equity Amendment Act of 1990 requires employers who provide health insurance for their employees to provide equivalent health insurance coverage for injured employees eligible for workers' compensation benefits. Respondent, an employer affected by this requirement, filed an action in the District Court against petitioners, the District of Columbia and its Mayor, seeking to enjoin enforcement of    2(c)(2) on the ground that it is preempted by  n 514(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which provides that ERISA supersedes state laws that ``relate to any employee benefit plan'' covered by ERISA. Although petitioners conceded that   2(c)(2) relates to an ERISAcovered plan, the court granted their motion to dismiss. Relying on this Court's decision in  uB Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 463 U. /S S. 85, it held that    2(c)(2) is not preempted because it also relates to respondent's workers' compensation plan, which is exempt from ERISA coverage, and because respondent could comply with the provision by creating a separate unit to administer the required benefits. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that preemption of   2(c)(2) is compelled by    514(a)'s plain meaning and ERISA's structure.Ƭ  uB  *  , , Held:  S Section 2(c)(2) is preempted by ERISA. A state law ``relate[s] to'' a covered benefit plan for  m 514(a) purposes if it refers to or has a connection with such a plan, even if the law is not designed to  uB affect the plan or the effect is only indirect. See, e.g., Ingersoll uB Rand Co. v. McClendon, 498 U. S S. 133, 139. Section 2(c)(2) measures the required health care coverage by reference to ``the existing health insurance coverage,'' which is a welfare benefit plan subject "1!"(( to ERISA regulation. It does not matter that    2(c)(2)'s requirements also ``relate to'' ERISAexempt workers' compensation plans, since ERISA's exemptions do not limit  b 514's preemptive sweep once it is  uB% determined that a law relates to a covered plan. See Alessi v.  uB RaybestosManhattan, Inc., 451 U. YS S. 504, 525. Petitioners' reliance  uB on Shaw, supra, is misplaced, since the statute at issue there did not ``relate to'' an ERISAcovered plan. Nor is there any support in  uB Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Massachusetts, 471 U. S S. 724, for their position that   514(a) requires a twopart analysis under which a state law relating to an ERISAcovered plan would survive preemption if employers could comply with the law through separately administered exempt plans. Pp. S 4!7.Ƭ  *  , , 292 U.  S S. App. D. :S C. 209, 948 F. S 2d 1317, affirmed.Ƭ  uB,  Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist,  uB C.J., and White, Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and  uB Souter, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion.