Title 4, Public Care Systems.

By January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, OVSJG shall submit a review of the Program to the chairperson of the Council committee with jurisdiction over OVSJG.

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

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (a)(1) "Case Review Subcommittee" means the SART Case Review Subcommittee established by § 4-561.14. (2) "Consumption litigation" means litigation in a criminal proceeding initiated by notification to the defense of the need to consu…

(a) Within 7 days after a sexual assault victim makes a report to the MPD, the MPD shall retrieve any PERK and specimens and deliver: (1) The PERK to the DFS; and (2) The biological specimens for toxicology testing to the OCME. (b)(1) If a PERK is not involved in consumption liti…

The hospital shall not bill a sexual assault victim for costs associated with a PERK, including the costs of the PERK, its administration, and the processing of the PERK or any biological specimens.

(a) By December 1, 2014, the OVSJG shall retain an independent expert consultant. (b) The independent expert consultant shall be selected by the Office of Police Complaints, with input from the Victim Assistance Network, subject to final approval by the OVSJG. (c) The independent…

(a) The independent expert consultant shall have the following duties and obligations: (1) In consultation with the Task Force, assess and recommend modifications to MPD policies and protocols to ensure the MPD has a detailed and victim-centered sexual assault response policy tha…

(a)(1) The independent expert consultant shall: (A) Prepare, by June 1, 2015, and on a semiannual basis thereafter, a public report that contains: (i) A description of the work conducted by the independent expert consultant for that period; (ii) The methodology and specific findi…

The MPD shall provide the independent expert consultant with timely, full, and direct access to the MPD’s files and records, including: (1) Sexual assault investigative files, forms, and reports, including allegations, office information cases, and other cases with sexual element…

The Chief of Police shall monitor the MPD personnel’s compliance with MPD orders and protocols related to law enforcement interaction with sexual assault victims, including the Sexual Assault Unit’s Standard Operating Procedures, when responding to sexual assaults.

(a) The Chief of Police shall prepare, on an annual basis, a report on the MPD’s response to sexual assault reports. The report shall include, at a minimum: (1) The number of sexual assaults and attempted sexual assaults reported, identified by penal code classification; (2) The …

In the annual report filed pursuant to § 5-1501.04(a)(5), the Director of the DFS shall provide, for the prior calendar year: (a)(1) The number of PERKs received from the MPD; (2) The number of PERKs processed by the DFS or an accredited laboratory to which the DFS delegated the …

In the annual report filed pursuant to § 5-1412(d), the Chief Medical Examiner shall include the number of toxicology samples of sexual assault victims received from MPD and the number of toxicology samples of sexual assault victims processed by the OCME, including the time it to…

(a) There is established the Sexual Assault Response Team ("SART"). (b) The SART shall be a partnership of public and private agencies that: (1) Coordinates a high-quality, multidisciplinary, victim-centered response to sexual assault cases; and (2) Makes recommendations to impro…

(a)(a) The SART shall: (1) Improve the coordination and functioning of victim services, medical forensic care, investigations, and prosecutions available to sexual assault victims; (2) Conduct regular case reviews, through the Case Review Subcommittee, of all parties involved in …

(a) There is established the Sexual Assault Response Team Case Review Subcommittee ("Case Review Subcommittee"). (b) The Case Review Subcommittee shall be comprised of the following SART representatives: (1) The SART coordinator, who shall also coordinate the Case Review Subcommi…

(a) Beginning October 1, 2014, the OVSJG shall establish a Sexual Assault Victim Rights Task Force ("Task Force") to study nationally recognized best practices and develop recommendations regarding: (1) The development and implementation of an effective mechanism for submitting, …

This subchapter shall not be construed to create a private right of action or serve as the basis for excluding otherwise admissible evidence in a criminal proceeding.

(a) Beginning on September 30, 2022, and every 6 months thereafter, the Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants ("OVSJG") shall publish the following information, for the current fiscal year, on its website: (1) For all grants or sub-grants awarded to or received by OVSJG: (…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Beneficiary” means any individual who has received health-care assistance from the District and, if applicable, that individual’s guardian, conservator, personal representative, estate, dependents, and survivors. (2) “District” mea…

(a) Whenever the District provides health-care assistance to a beneficiary who has suffered an injury or illness under circumstances creating liability in a third party or under circumstances that would have created such a liability had the beneficiary instead of the District inc…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, whenever the District is a defendant in a proceeding brought by a beneficiary, it shall have a right to set off from a judgment against it any damages that represent compensation for the care and treatment it has undertake…

(a) In enforcing its right to reimbursement, the District may: (1) Permit the beneficiary to proceed on behalf of the District in prosecuting, in conjunction with his or her own claims, the District’s claim for the unreimbursed value or cost of the health-care assistance provided…

Any settlement or compromise of a claim or cause of action between a beneficiary and third party for more than what in the opinion of the court is a nominal amount in light of the claims asserted shall be admissible in evidence as probative of that third party’s liability to the …

(a) Any individual or institutional health-care provider that bills the District for health-care assistance furnished to a beneficiary shall provide the Mayor with written notice of any known or suspected third-party liability as soon as the health-care provider acquires knowledg…

(a) Except as limited by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the District shall have a lien, perfected in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, upon any judgment or settlement awarded or executed in favor of a beneficiary against a third party for that amount of th…

The Mayor may, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules for: (1) Determining the unreimbursed value of health or health-related care and treatment that the District undertakes to…

This chapter shall not be construed to limit or repeal any other provision of law that invests the District with a right to reimbursement for health-care assistance provided to a beneficiary or specified class of beneficiary.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term “health insurer” means any person that provides one or more health benefit plans or insurance in the District of Columbia, including an insurer, a hospital and medical services corporation, a fraternal benefit society, a health maintenan…

(a) There is established the Healthy DC Program (“Program”), which shall provide affordable health benefits to eligible individuals. (b) The Program shall be administered by the Department of Health Care Finance, established by Chapter 7D of Title 7. (c) The Program shall be fund…

(a) An individual shall be eligible for the Program if the individual: (1) Has resided in the District for at least 6 months at the time of application to the Program; (2) Resides in a household having a gross household income not exceeding 400% of the federal poverty guidelines …

(a) The Program shall provide, at a minimum, health and medical benefits that are equal to those provided to individuals enrolled in the DC HealthCare Alliance. (b) The Program shall limit annual premium costs for program participants as follows: (1) For a program participant wit…

(a) The Mayor shall make the Program available to eligible individuals by January 1, 2010. (b) To meet the deadline set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the Mayor is authorized to enter into a contract with one or more health insurers to administer the Program. (c) Any co…

It shall be unlawful for a health insurer to eliminate or restrict the availability of a health insurance plan offered in the District with the intent of shifting beneficiaries to the Program. An entity found to be in violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of not le…

Fines and penalties collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund, established by § 31-3514.02.

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

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (a)(1) "Adverse childhood experiences" means stressful or traumatic experiences experienced by infants and toddlers, including housing instability, childhood abuse, family instability, substance abuse, mental illness, and family crimina…

(a) DOH shall establish and administer a Healthy Steps Pediatric Primary Care Demonstration Program ("Program"), in accordance with this section, for the purpose of providing grants to primary care providers to administer: (1) Healthy Steps; and (2) Co-located lactation support s…

(a) By December 1, 2018, DOH shall select an external evaluation contractor to conduct a community-based evaluation of the effectiveness of the Program. (b) Beginning January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, primary care providers selected to participate in the Healthy Steps Ped…

(a) Beginning October 1, 2019, there is established a Help Me Grow Program ("Help Me Grow"), which shall be administered by DOH in accordance with this section. The purpose of Help Me Grow shall be to serve as a comprehensive resource and referral system for child development and…

(a) There is established a Home Visiting Program ("Program"), which shall be administered by DOH in accordance with this section. (b) Subject to appropriations, the Program shall be funded from the following sources: (1) In Fiscal Year 2019, an amount of $710,566 in local funds; …

(a)(1) DOH shall award a competitive grant in an amount not to exceed $150,000 to a home visiting provider to support the development of a pilot program that provides evidence-based home visiting services exclusively to eligible first-time mothers in the District. (2) The grant i…

(a) By April 30, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter, DOH, in coordination with other District agencies as necessary, shall conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of home visiting in the District. This assessment shall include: (1) A neighborhood-level analysis of the number and…

(a) Not Funded. (b) Not Funded.

(a) Beginning October 1, 2019, there is established a Lactation Certification Preparatory Program ("LCPP"), which shall be administered by DOH in coordination with an institution of higher education, as that term is defined in § 38-2402.01(3), and an existing provider of a lactat…

(a) Beginning October 1, 2018, there is established a Community Resource Inventory Program ("CRIP"), which shall be administered by DHCF, in consultation with OSSE, FEMS, community partners engaged in resource inventory development, and stakeholders identified by the 2018 State M…