Title 44 — Charitable and Curative Institutions.

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This chapter shall apply upon the inclusion of its fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan, as certified by the Chief Financial Officer to the Budget Director of the Council in a certification published by the Council in the District of Columbia Register.

(1) “District” means the District of Columbia. (2) “Drug” means any of the controlled substances enumerated in § 48-902.04, 48-902.06, 48-902.08, 48-902.10, or 48-902.12. (3) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia. (4) “Qualified health professional” means a person l…

(a) Each District resident who meets the requirements of this section shall be eligible for treatment for substance abuse at the treatment facility, regardless of his or her ability to pay, subject to the restriction in § 44-1208, if the resident: (1) Applies for treatment or is …

(a) Within one year from March 15, 1990, the Mayor shall establish a comprehensive substance abuse treatment facility to provide residential and outpatient treatment for persons who suffer from substance abuse, regardless of a person’s ability to pay. (b) The treatment facility s…

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of § 44-1203, the Mayor shall contract out the operation of the substance abuse Residential Short Stay and Detoxification Facilities programs that are currently operated by the Addiction, Prevention, and Recovery Administration (“APRA”) and, when…

(a) Any public or private person, partnership, corporation, association, charitable organization, or other legally-constituted entity, whether for profit or not for profit, that provides or offers to provide nonhospital residential or outpatient treatment for substance abuse shal…

(a) There is established within the District government a program to provide financial assistance to any person or organization that applies for financial assistance to conduct a program of substance abuse prevention in accordance with the applicable provisions of Unit A of Chapt…

(a) The Mayor shall establish and implement a public education campaign intended to prevent substance abuse. (b) The public education campaign shall incorporate, at a minimum, the following: (1) The dissemination of statistics and other information that illustrate the dangers of …

(a) The Mayor, by rule, shall establish a graduated, need-based, schedule of fees to charge individuals who receive treatment at the treatment facility established pursuant to § 44-1203. The Mayor, by rule, shall establish a schedule of fees for the certification required by § 44…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create an entitlement to substance abuse treatment during any fiscal year if no funds remain available to the District government under a District government or federal appropriation that has been enacted for the specific purpose of p…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any insurer from providing the coverage required by Chapter 31 of Title 31.

Sufficient funds to carry out the requirements of this chapter are authorized to be appropriated out of the general revenues of the District of Columbia.

The Department of Human Services shall have complete and exclusive control and management of the Industrial Home School. All supplies for said School shall be obtained by requisition upon the Mayor of the District of Columbia and all moneys received at said School as income there…

Board of Children’s Guardians, successors of trustees of the Industrial Home School of the District of Columbia, is abolished, and the powers and duties of such Board as specified and restricted by law are transferred to the Department of Human Services.

The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and empowered to convey to the District of Columbia, free from all encumbrances and without costs to the District of Columbia, all right, title, and interest of the United States of America to that portion of the Naval Observatory gr…

All moneys received at the Industrial Home School as income from sale of products and from payment of board or of instruction or otherwise shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia.

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to acquire a site for a home and school for persons with intellectual disabilities, said site to be located in the District of Columbia or in the State of Maryland or in the State of Virginia, and to erect thereon s…

The institution for the custody, care, education, training, and treatment of persons with intellectual disabilities, established by § 44-1401, shall be under the control and supervision of the Department of Human Services of the District, and shall be known as Forest Haven.

The Superintendent of the said institution may sell such of the farm, greenhouse, and garden products, and the products of the industrial shops as may not be required in the maintenance and conduct of the home and school, and the funds so secured shall be paid into the Treasury o…

The invalidity of any part of this chapter shall not be construed to affect the validity of any other part capable of having practical operation and effect without the invalid part.

N. P. Chipman, J. P. Newman, B. Peyton Brown, John A. L. Morrell, Mathew G. Emery, Joseph H. Bradley, senior, William R. Woodward, E. Whittlesey, Warren Choate, Andrew B. Duvall, A. S. Solomons, W. G. Metzerott, Alexander R. Shepperd, S. J. Bowen, H. M. Sweeney, Benjamin E. Gitti…

The officers of said corporation shall consist of a president, 5 vice-presidents, 1 secretary, 1 treasurer, an executive committee of 11 members, and such other officers as shall from time to time seem necessary to this Society.

The foregoing officers shall be chosen from among the members of the Society.

The said Society, for fixing the terms of admission of its members, for the government of the same, for the election, changing, and altering the officers above named, and for the general regulation and management of its affairs, shall have power to form a code of bylaws, not inco…

Members of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, upon application of a member of the Washington Humane Society who has viewed a violation of a law or regulation of the District for the prevention of cruelty to animals, shall arrest the offending party without…

One half of all the fines collected through the instrumentality of the Society or its agents, for violations of such laws shall accrue to the benefit of said Society.

The provisions of §§ 44-1501 to 44-1507 shall be general within the boundaries of the District of Columbia.

The Washington Humane Society is authorized to extend its operations to the protection of children as well as animals from cruelty and abuse. In pursuance thereof the said Society may cause its proper officers or agents to prefer complaints, before any court in the District of Co…

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall, by the police force of said District, aid the said Society, its officers and agents, in the enforcement of all laws relating to or affecting the protection of children; and the Mayor of the said District, and his successors, are author…

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized, in his discretion, to detail from time to time 1 or more members of the Metropolitan Police force to aid the Washington Humane Society in the enforcement of laws relating to cruelty to animals as well as of the laws relating to…

Congress shall have power to alter, amend, or repeal §§ 44-1501 to 44-1507 at any time.

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For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Charitable purpose” means the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, the promotion of a governmental purpose, or any other purpose the achievement of which is beneficial to the communi…

(a) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in a gift instrument, an institution, in managing and investing an institutional fund, shall consider the charitable purposes of the institution and the purposes of the institutional fund. (b) In addition to complying with the duty o…

(a)(1) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in the gift instrument, an institution may appropriate for expenditure or accumulate so much of an endowment fund as the institution determines is prudent for the uses, benefits, purposes, and duration for which the endowment fund…

(a) Subject to any specific limitation set forth in a gift instrument or in law other than this chapter, an institution may delegate to an external agent the management and investment of an institutional fund to the extent that an institution could prudently delegate under the ci…

(a) If the donor consents in a record, an institution may release or modify, in whole or in part, a restriction contained in a gift instrument on the management, investment, or purpose of an institutional fund. A release or modification may not allow a fund to be used for a purpo…

Compliance with this chapter is determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time a decision is made or action is taken.