Title 2, Government Administration.

(a) In addition to any other remedies provided in this unit, if the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person is violating the provisions of this unit, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the name of the District. (b) A civil action brought pursuant to thi…

(a) Whenever it appears that the holder of a permit, license, franchise, benefit, or advantage issued by any agency or authority of the government of the District is a person against whom the Office has made a finding of probable cause pursuant to § 2-1403.05, the Office, notwith…

There is hereby established, in the Executive Branch of the District government, a Commission on Human Rights.

The Commission shall serve as an impartial forum for the hearing and deciding of cases of unlawful discrimination in employment, real estate transactions, public accommodations, or educational institutions. The Commission shall hear such cases following a determination by the Off…

(a) The Commission shall consist of 15 members, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council, in accordance with § 1-523.01. (b) The Commission members shall be residents of the District of Columbia who have a demonstrated background or interest in human rights. (c) The Co…

(a) At the initial meeting of each year, the Commission shall determine its organization and name its officers, other than the Chairperson. The officers serving on December 7, 2004, shall serve until the initial meeting of the following year. (b) The Commission shall meet at the …

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), there is hereby established, in the Executive Branch of the government of the District of Columbia, an Office of Human Rights under the supervision of a Director, who shall carry out the functions and authorities assigned to the Office. The Office o…

The purpose of the Office is to secure an end to unlawful discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and educational institutions for any reason other than that of individual merit. The Office shall seek to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, color, …

The functions of the Office shall be to: (1) Educate the public, including District residents and employers, about Unit A of this chapter (“Human Rights Act”); (2) Undertake investigations and public hearings on racial, religious, or ethnic group tensions, prejudice, intolerance,…

All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the Department of Human Rights and Local Business Development for the human rights functions set out in Reorganization Plan No…

(a) There are hereby established the following 5 primary organizational functions in the Office: (1) The Office of the Director, which sets overall policy and performance targets for the Office, supervises and evaluates staff, administers the budget, and promotes conciliation aft…

(a)(1) The Office shall provide a sexual-harassment training course for employees of businesses that employ an employee who is paid in accordance with § 32-1003(f) or shall certify a list of providers who may provide such training in accordance with the requirements set forth in …

(a) The Office, in coordination with the Department of Human Resources and the Office of Racial Equity, shall provide, on an on-going basis, racial equity training for all District government employees and members of the District's boards and commissions. The training shall inclu…

Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), the Council hereby abolishes the Department of Human Rights and Local Business Development, established under Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1989, effective November 1, 1989. The Department of Human Rights and Local Business Development is abolished as of…

For the purposes of this unit, the term: (1) “ADA” means the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, approved July 26, 1990 (104 Stat. 327; 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.). (2) “ADA Compliance Program” means the program established by § 2-1431.02. (3) “Agency” means all agencies and …

(a) All agencies shall: (1) Appoint an agency ADA Coordinator in accordance with 28 C.F.R. Part 35; (2) Complete an annual ADA self-evaluation to determine the status of ADA compliance; (3) Prepare an annual ADA implementation plan stating action to be taken to provide qualified …

(a) There is established an Office of Disability Rights. (b) The purpose of the Office is to advance the civil rights of people with disabilities by coordinating the District’s ADA Compliance Program and by ensuring and overseeing District-wide compliance with the ADA and related…

(a) There is established an Office for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing. (b) The purpose of ODDHH is to advance the civil rights of the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing communities by ensuring and overseeing District-wide compliance with laws that affect the deaf, dea…

The Office shall: (1) Coordinate and oversee the District’s ADA Compliance Program; (2) Provide ongoing training and technical assistance to agency ADA coordinators; (3) Provide ongoing training, technical assistance and community resource referrals to agencies to ensure that age…

(a) Agencies shall make all ADA plans and reports required under this unit available on their websites and shall provide copies to the public upon request. (b) The Office of Disability Rights and the Office for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing shall make all plans and rep…

(a) As of October 1, 2008, the Mayor shall transfer to the Office all functions and records of the Mayor’s Committee on Persons with Disabilities. (b) The Mayor’s Committee on Persons with Disabilities shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Office and shall be actively involv…

All functions, personnel, records, and property assigned to the Office of Risk Management under section IV(B)(1) of Mayor’s Order 2006-58, issued May 23, 2006 (53 DCR 5314 ), shall be transferred to the Office of Disability Rights. This section shall apply 30 days after the date …

(a) The Mayor shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this unit. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 30-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove …

(a) The District and its officers and employees acting in their official capacities shall not provide any information or expend or use time, money, facilities, property, equipment, personnel, or other resources in furtherance of any interstate investigation or proceeding seeking …

(a) A person who has had a judgment entered against him or her, in any jurisdiction, where liability is based in whole or in part on the person's alleged conduct of a type identified in § 2-1461.01(a), including under any theory of vicarious, joint, several or conspiracy liabilit…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term "racial equity" means the elimination of racial disparities such that race no longer predicts opportunities, outcomes, or the distribution of resources for residents of the District, particularly for persons of color and Black residents.

(a) There is established an Office of Racial Equity ("Office") within the Office of the City Administrator. The purpose of the Office shall be to coordinate the District's efforts toward achieving racial equity. (b)(1) The Office shall be headed by a Chief Equity Officer, who sha…

(a)(1) There is established a Council Commission on Racial Equity, Social Justice, and Economic Inclusion ("Commission") to advise the Council of the District of Columbia on matters of racial equity, social justice, and economic inclusion. (2) The Commission shall consist of 5 me…

As used in this subchapter, the term: (1) “Youth” means those residents of the District of Columbia between the ages of 13 and 17, inclusive. (2) “Children” means those residents of the District of Columbia ages 12 and under. (3) “Neighborhood planning council” means the structur…

It is the purpose of this subchapter to: (1) Promote and support programs for children and youth in existing agencies of the District of Columbia government; (2) Reorganize the current pattern of programs and services for children and youth offered through the Office of Youth Adv…

(a) The Commissioner’s Order No. 70-93 (approved March 17, 1970) establishing the Office of Youth Opportunity Services, is hereby repealed and that Office is hereby abolished. All of the powers, duties, and functions assigned to that Office under any provision of law are hereby t…

(a) There shall be 2 neighborhood planning councils in each election ward established pursuant to § 1-1011.01. The Mayor, by rulemaking, shall draw boundaries for neighborhood planning councils, after each decennial census, so that they are approximately equal in population. (b)(…

(a) There is hereby established in the executive branch an Office of Youth Advocacy which shall perform a planning, review and evaluation function for all programs operated by the District of Columbia government impacting on children and youth, including employment, health, couns…

The Director of the Office shall: (1) Systematically review and evaluate the full array of programs operated by the District of Columbia impacting on children and youth, as specified in § 2-1504(a); (2) Plan and develop demonstration youth programs for transfer to other operating…

(a) The following positions and their associated funding are hereby transferred from the Office of Youth Opportunity Services to the Department of Manpower: One deputy director GS-15 One manpower specialist GS-14 One computer systems analyst GS-13 One program analyst officer GS-1…

The Mayor shall instruct the Office of Budget and Resource Development to coordinate with the Department of Recreation the establishment of a bookkeeping and accounting system to allow for timely allocation of monies from the District of Columbia government to neighborhood planni…

The neighborhood planning councils shall, with the assistance of the Department of Recreation, establish procedures in their bylaws and constitution to handle conflicts of interest in the award of subgrants to programs, when any councilmember has either a structural or fiduciary …

The neighborhood planning councils shall establish, under the auspices of the Director of the Department of Recreation, uniform rules governing their operation and internal structure. These rules shall include a statement of neighborhood planning council responsibilities, voting …

The Department of Recreation shall develop an annual fiscal year budget request to administer and support programs of the neighborhood planning councils; such budget requests shall be submitted to the neighborhood planning councils each year for their review and comment. The budg…

If any provision of this subchapter is held invalid, the remainder of this subchapter shall not be affected.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Aftercare services” means programs and services designed to provide care, supervision, and control over children released from facilities. (1A) “Behavioral health” means a person’s overall social, emotional, and psychological we…

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services is established as a separate Cabinet-level agency, subordinate to the Mayor, within the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia. The Department shall lead the reform of the Distr…

(a) The Department shall have sufficient staff, supervisory personnel, and resources to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter. There is hereby established in the Department: (1) The Office of the Director, which shall be responsible for all administrative activities, such as…

The primary duties of the offices of the Department are to plan, program, operate, manage, control, and maintain a juvenile justice system of care, rehabilitative service delivery, and security that meets the treatment needs of youth within the juvenile justice system and that is…

(a)(1) All youth in contact with the Department shall, to the extent that it is not inconsistent with a court order, receive a behavioral health screening and, if necessary, a behavioral health assessment within 30 days of initial contact; provided, that the Mayor may, through ru…

(a) The Department shall request any available records on the education, employment, criminal justice, or other outcomes of persons who are either currently committed to the Department or who were committed to the Department in the previous 3 years from the following agencies: (1…