Title 44, Charitable and Curative Institutions.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the government of the United States to make no appropriation of money or property for the purpose of founding, maintaining, or aiding by payment for services, expenses, or otherwise, any church or religious denomination, or any institutio…

The Mayor is authorized, under such regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia may prescribe, to sell the surplus products of the Home for the Aged and Infirm. All moneys derived from such sales shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the…

Pay patients may be admitted to the Home for the Aged and Infirm for care and treatment at such rates and under such regulations as may be established by the Council of the District of Columbia, insofar as such admissions will not interfere with admission of indigent patients; pr…

(a) A fee, based on rates to be established by the Mayor, shall be charged to each person who is not indigent for all clinical services provided at District of Columbia health clinics. The Mayor’s authority to set such fees at D.C. General Hospital and for those services provided…

(a) There is established a Task Force on Asbestos Abatement (“Task Force”). (b) The Task Force shall consist of 9 members appointed as follows: (1) Two members shall be appointed by the Mayor to represent the interests of the District of Columbia government; (2) Two members shall…

The Mayor is authorized to issue rules and regulations, in accordance with recommendations of the Task Force, to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

There may be appropriated out of revenues available to the District sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.

Subject to the provisions of § 44-752 [repealed], the Administrator of General Services and the Commissioner of the District of Columbia are directed to convey, without monetary consideration, to the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, Washington, District of Columbi…

The provisions of the paragraph following the appropriation for the Washington Hospital for Foundlings in § 44-711, creating a lien in favor of the United States with respect to the appropriations referred to therein, shall also apply to the appropriations in the aggregate amount…

(a) Every hospital, birth center, and pediatric primary care provider located in the District of Columbia shall distribute an informational notice provided to it by the Department of Health ("DC Health") regarding the danger that window blinds and drape cords pose to children and…

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

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Group practice” means a collection of health professionals that provides health-care services. (2) “Health-care facility or agency” means a facility, agency, or other organizational entity as defined in § 44-501, or the Fire and Em…

No person, health-care facility or agency, health professional association, or group practice providing any report, note, record, or other data or information, including advice, opinion, or testimony, to a peer review body shall be liable to any other person for damages or equita…

No peer review body or member thereof, or person acting as its staff, or who participates with or assists such a body or member, operating in the District of Columbia shall be liable to any person for damages or equitable relief by reason of conducting or taking peer review if th…

Any publication by any medical utilization review committee, peer review committee, medical staff committee or tissue review committee shall keep confidential the identity of any patient whose condition, care or treatment was a part thereof.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section: (1) The files, records, findings, opinions, recommendations, evaluations, and reports of a peer review body, information provided to or obtained by a peer review body, the identity of persons providing information to a peer review…

(a) The Congress makes the following findings: (1) Governmentally administered mental health services in the District of Columbia are currently provided through 2 separate public entities, the federally administered Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the Mental Health Services Adminis…

For the purpose of this subchapter: (1) The term “Hospital” means the institution in the District of Columbia known as Saint Elizabeths Hospital operated on November 8, 1984, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (2) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and…

(a)(1) Subject to subsection (g) of this section and § 44-908(b)(1), effective October 1, 1987, the District shall be responsible for the provision of mental health services to residents of the District. (2) Not later than October 1, 1993, the Mayor shall complete the implementat…

(a) The Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate shall review the preliminary system implementation plan transmitted by the Mayor pursuant to § 44-9…

(a) Employees of the Hospital directly affected by the assumption of programs and functions by the District government who meet the requirements for immediate retirement under the provisions of § 8336(d) of Title 5, United States Code, shall be accorded the opportunity to retire …

(a) Each individual accepting employment without a break in service with the District government pursuant to § 44-905 shall: (1) Except as specifically provided in this subchapter, be required to meet all District qualifications other than licensure requirements for appointment r…

(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, on October 1, 1987, the Secretary shall transfer to the District, without compensation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in all real property at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia…

(a) There are authorized to be appropriated for grants by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the District of Columbia comprehensive mental health system, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1988, $24,000,000 for fiscal year 1989, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $12,000,0…

The Mayor shall insure that the requirements of the Buy American Act of 1933, as amended, apply to all procurements made under this subchapter. (1) If the Mayor, after consultation with the United States Trade Representative, determines that a foreign country which is party to an…

(a) The Mayor is authorized to establish an enterprise program at St. Elizabeths Hospital to promote the rehabilitation and employment of clients of the Department of Mental Health with the intended purpose of assisting clients of the Department of Mental Health to acquire commun…

The Mayor may issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter in accordance with subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation. (2) “Corporation” means the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation established by § 44-951.02. (3) “Fund” means the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation Fu…

(a) There is established as an instrumentality of the District government the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation, which shall have a separate legal existence within the District government. (b) The primary purpose of the Corporation shall be to: (1) Receive the land, improvement…

(a)(1) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation Fund. The Fund shall be comprised of: (A) Accounts receivable of the Corporation; (B) Transferred funds of the United Medical Center; and (C) Funds obtained through payments from third-party …

(a)(1)(A) The Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Directors, which shall consist of 13 members, 11 of whom shall be voting members and 2 of whom shall be non-voting members. (B) Of the voting members, the Mayor shall appoint 6 members, with the advice and consent of the C…

(a) The powers of the Corporation shall be vested in and exercised by the Board. The Board may take action at a meeting held at a time and place fixed by the bylaws. The Board shall adopt rules for conducting its meetings. (b)(1) The presence of 5 voting members shall constitute …

The Corporation shall have the power to: (1) Sue and be sued in its corporate name; (2) Adopt a corporate seal and alter the seal at its pleasure; (3) Adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws governing the manner in which it may conduct business and how the powers vested in it may be exer…

Upon foreclosure under the Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Restrictive Covenants signed by CMC Realty, LLC and Capital Medical Center, LLC on November 7, 2007, or upon any other transfer of assets, the Mayor is authorized to transfer all of the assets, inclu…

(a) Chapter 6 of Title 1 shall not apply to employees of the Corporation. (b) Within 6 months of the first meeting of the Board, the Corporation shall promulgate policies, practices, and procedures relating to terms and conditions of employment for personnel employed by the Corpo…

(a) The Board shall submit its proposed fiscal year 2011 operating budget and each subsequent operating budget for the Corporation to the Mayor on the date that District departments and agencies are required to submit proposed budgets to the Mayor. Prior to submission to the Mayo…

(a) The employees of United Medical Center shall be transferred to the Corporation with the same rights and obligations they enjoyed as employees of the United Medical Center. (b) The employees transferred from the United Medical Center to the Corporation shall not be governed by…

(a) Chapter 3A of Title 2 and its implementing regulations shall not apply to the Corporation; except, that the Corporation shall be required to comply with the requirements regarding multiyear contracts and contracts in excess of $1 million during a 12-month period pursuant to §…

The assets and income of the Corporation shall be exempt from taxation by the District government.

On or before December 29th of each year, the Corporation shall submit to the Mayor and the Council a report that sets forth for the prior fiscal year its operations and accomplishments, revenues and expenses, assets and liabilities at the end of the fiscal year, and the status of…

(a) The officers and employees of the Corporation shall not be considered District government employees for purposes of subchapter II of Chapter 4 of Title 2 [§ 2-411 et seq.], and the District of Columbia shall not be liable for any acts or occurrences of the Corporation regardl…

(a) The Corporation may have a General Counsel who shall: (1) Be appointed by the CEO; (2) Be an attorney admitted in good-standing to the practice of law in the District of Columbia; (3) Be qualified by experience and training to advise the Corporation with respect to legal issu…

(a) The Corporation is authorized by the Council pursuant to § 1-204.90(a)(6) to incur debt, including lines of credit, to carry out the authorized purposes of the Corporation. The Corporation may, at any time, and from time to time, enter into debt obligations, by resolution of …

(a) A health-care professional who has the privilege of practicing at the United Medical Center as of September 14, 2011, shall retain practice privileges with the Corporation until the: (1) Privilege expires; (2) Board alters or amends the privilege; or (3) Board revokes the pri…

The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall exercise authority over the Corporation consistent with §§ 1-204.24a through 1-204.24f.

(a) At a date approved by the Fiscal Management Board, but no later than 30 days after the opening of the new Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center – GW Health, the United Medical Center shall cease admitting new patients. (b) At a date approved by the Fiscal Management Board, but n…