Title 44, Charitable and Curative Institutions.

(a) Persons responsible for maintenance of the physical plant, including housekeeping, shall be specifically identified. (b) Treatment rooms shall have a minimum clear floor area sufficient to permit removal of a patient by stretcher. A lavatory or sink with handwashing facility …

The Mayor shall have the right to inspect any facility licensed under this subchapter, any facility applying for a license under this subchapter, and all records maintained therein, at any reasonable time either with or without prior notice. The entry and inspection shall take pl…

(a) No surgical procedure requiring general anesthesia shall be performed in a center except under the immediate medical direction of a physician licensed to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia and who is a qualified anesthesiologist. (b) If a center knows, or re…

Any person violating any provision of these regulations shall be fined not more than $300, or imprisoned for not more than 90 days.

Any paragraph or subparagraph or any elements thereof of any section and each section and each paragraph and/or subparagraph of each section are hereby deemed as separate and independent.

For purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1A) “Contract worker” means a compensated contractor for whom it is foreseeable he or she will come in direct contact with patients. (1B) “Criminal background check” means an investigation into a person’s criminal history to determine w…

(a) The requirements of this section shall not apply to persons employed on or before July 23, 2001, persons licensed under Chapter 12 of Title 3, or to a person who volunteers services to a facility and works under the direct supervision of a person licensed pursuant to Chapter …

(a) Any person releasing or disclosing any information in violation of § 44-552(c) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by the payment of a fine not greater than $300, a term of imprisonment not greater than 30 days, or both. (b) Civil fines, penalties, and f…

The Mayor may issue rules to implement this subchapter, including procedures for additional enforcement actions for violation of this subchapter and the setting of fees in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2.

The Council finds and declares the following: (1) Charitable healthcare entities hold all their assets in trust, and those assets are irrevocably dedicated, as a condition of their tax-exempt status, to the specific charitable purposes set forth in the articles of incorporation o…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Applicant” means a healthcare entity or a for-profit entity that applies to the State Health Planning and Development Agency or the Commissioner of Insurance and Securities [Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, a healthcare entity shall not execute a conversion to a for-profit entity without the approval of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. (b) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall review the convers…

(a) If the Attorney General for the District of Columbia determines, pursuant to § 44-603(12), that the charitable assets of a healthcare entity have not been placed in a charitable trust controlled independently of the for-profit entity, or other parties to the conversion, and u…

The conversion approval required by § 44-603 shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of a Certificate of Need or a Certificate of Authority, permit, license, and any other type of official approval, except zoning approval, by an agency or officer or employee of the Distric…

(a) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall approve or disapprove a conversion within 60 days of receiving a request from the applicable agency. (b) Prior to issuing a decision, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall publish the request in at leas…

A for-profit entity or healthcare entity that has participated in the review process may bring an action for declaratory judgment against the decision of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia and may appeal the decision to the Superior Court according to the standards…

If a nonprofit entity is a party to a conversion approved pursuant to § 44-603, the District shall make an assessment, to recover part of the charitable assets, equal to 10% of the amount of the real property tax the healthcare entity would have paid during the past 5 years had i…

(a) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia may seek injunctive relief if the Attorney General for the District of Columbia determines that a person is offering, developing, or operating a entity in violation of this chapter. (b) Any person, including the principal offi…

The requirements of this chapter shall become fully operative on October 23, 1997, without adoption by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia of implementing regulations. In its discretion, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia may issue emergency or propos…

This chapter shall expire on September 30, 2014.

(a) This chapter shall apply as of May 1, 2013. (b) This chapter shall sunset as of September 30, 2014.

This chapter shall expire on September 30, 2016.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Department” means the Department of Health Care Finance. (2) “Hospital” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(1) but excludes any hospital operated by the federal government and any specialty hospital, as defined b…

(a) There is established as a special fund the Hospital Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Department in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund: (1) Fees collected under this chapter; (2…

(a)(1) Beginning October 1, 2015, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and § 44-662.06, the District, through the Office of Tax and Revenue, may charge each hospital a fee based on its inpatient net patient revenue. (2) The fee shall be charged at a uniform ra…

(a) The fee imposed under § 44-662.03 shall be due and payable by the 15th of the last month of each DFY quarter. (b) The fee imposed under § 44-662.03 shall be calculated, due, and payable on a quarterly basis, but shall not be due and payable until the District issues written n…

(a) If a hospital system conducts, operates, or maintains more than one hospital licensed by the Department of Health, the hospital system shall pay the fee for each hospital separately. (b)(1) Notwithstanding § 44-662.03, if a hospital system or person that is subject to a fee u…

(a) If the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determines that an assessment imposed on a hospital pursuant to this chapter does not satisfy the requirements for federal financial participation set forth in section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act that determination shal…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 2 of Title 5 [§ 2-501 et seq.], may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.

This chapter shall expire on September 30, 2016.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) "Department" means the Department of Health Care Finance. (2) "Hospital" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(1), but excludes any hospital operated by the federal government. (3) "Hospital system" means any gro…

(a) There is established as a special fund the Hospital Provider Fee Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Department in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section. (b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund: (1) Fees collected …

(a) Beginning October 1, 2016, and subject to § 44-663.04, the District may charge each hospital a fee based on its outpatient gross patient revenue. The fee shall be charged at a uniform rate necessary to generate the following: (1) An amount equal to the non-federal share of th…

(a) The fee imposed by § 44-663.03 shall not be due and payable until such time that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approves the Medicaid State Plan amendment authorizing the Medicaid payments described in § 44-663.05. (b) The fee imposed by § 44-663.03 sh…

(a)(1) For visits and services beginning October 1, 2016, quarterly Medicaid outpatient hospital access payments shall be made to each private hospital. (2) Each payment will be equal to the hospital's DFY 2014 outpatient Medicaid payments divided by the total in District private…

(a) The fee imposed under § 44-663.03, which shall be calculated, due, and payable on a quarterly basis, shall be due and payable by the 15th of the last month of each DFY quarter; provided, that the fee shall not be due and payable until: (1) The District issues written notice t…

(a) If a hospital system conducts, operates, or maintains more than one hospital licensed by the Department of Health, the hospital system shall pay the fee for each hospital separately. (b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision in this subchapter, if a hospital system or person…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter.

This subchapter shall expire on September 30, 2017.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) "Department" means the Department of Health Care Finance. (2) "Hospital" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(1), but excludes any hospital operated by the federal government and any specialty hospital, as defin…

(a) There is established as a special fund the Hospital Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Department in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund: (1) Fees collected under this subchapter;…

(a)(1) Beginning October 1, 2016, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and § 44-663.16, the District, through the Office of Tax and Revenue, may charge each hospital a fee based on its inpatient net patient revenue. (2) The fee shall be charged at a uniform ra…

(a) The fee imposed under § 44-663.13 shall be due and payable by the 15th of the last month of each DFY quarter. (b) The fee imposed under § 44-663.13 shall be calculated, due, and payable on a quarterly basis, but shall not be due and payable until the District issues written n…

(a) If a hospital system conducts, operates, or maintains more than one hospital licensed by the Department of Health, the hospital system shall pay the fee for each hospital separately. (b)(1) Notwithstanding § 44-663.13, if a hospital system or person that is subject to a fee u…

(a) If the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determines that an assessment imposed on a hospital pursuant to this subchapter does not satisfy the requirements for federal financial participation set forth in section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act, that determination …

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter.