PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

People who take District government jobs without a break in service must meet the same job qualifications as other District hires, except they can get their professional license later. They must get any required license within 18 months. Their accrued annual and sick leave moves to the District under District rules. The District sets grade and pay by its rules, but the person cannot lose base pay or seniority. Doctors who get a physician’s comparability allowance under section 5948 of title 5 keep that pay until the allowance ends or for 2 years from their District appointment, whichever is later. They get the same health and life insurance as other District workers. People who move in this way are exempt from the District residency rules. If they are getting workers’ compensation under chapter 81 of title 5, the Federal Government keeps handling those claims and costs until they recover and return to work; later recurrences are handled under title XXIII of the District law. The District can bring actions for causes that happened before the service coordination period ended, using the same Federal procedures that would have applied earlier. Commissioned public health service officers detailed to the District mental health system do not count toward Department of Health and Human Services full-time employee totals. Hospital employees include former patients who hold career jobs.

Title 24, §225e

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(a)Individuals accepting employment; without service breaks

Each individual accepting employment without a break in service with the District government pursuant to section 225d of this title shall—

(1)except as specifically provided in this subchapter, be required to meet all District qualifications other than licensure requirements for appointment required of other candidates, and shall become District employees in the comparable District service subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, and all other statutes and regulations governing District personnel;

(2)meet all licensure requirements within 18 months of appointment by the District government;

(3)notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 5, transfer accrued annual and sick leave balances pursuant to title XII of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978;

(4)have the grade and rate of pay determined in accordance with regulations established pursuant to title XI of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, except that no employee shall suffer a loss in the basic rate of pay or in seniority;

(5)if applicable, retain a rate of pay including the physician’s comparability allowance under the provisions of section 5948 of title 5, and continue to receive such allowance under the terms of the then prevailing agreement until its expiration or for a period of 2 years from the date of appointment by the District government, whichever occurs later;

(6)be entitled to the same health and life insurance benefits as are available to District employees in the applicable service;

(7)if employed by the Federal Government before January 1, 1984, continue to be covered by the United States Civil Service Retirement System, under chapter 83 of title 5, to the same extent that such retirement system covers District Government employees; and

(8)if employed by the Federal Government on or after January 1, 1984, be subject to the retirement system applicable to District government employees pursuant to title XXVI, Retirement, of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978.

(b)Exemption from residency requirements

An individual appointed to a position in the District government without a break in service, from the retention list, or from the District or Federal agency reemployment priority lists shall be exempt from the residency requirements of title VIII of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978.

(c)Compensation; work related injuries

An individual receiving compensation for work injuries pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5 shall—

(1)continue to have the claims adjudicated and the related costs paid by the Federal Government until such individual recovers and returns to duty;

(2)if medically recovered and returned to duty, have any subsequent claim for the recurrence of the disability determined and paid under the provisions of title XXIII of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978.

(d)Actions by District against individuals accepting employment

The District government may initiate or continue an action against an individual who accepts employment under section 225d(c) of this title for cause related to events that occur prior to the end of the service coordination period. Any such action shall be conducted in accordance with such Federal laws and regulations under which action would have been conducted had the assumption of function by the District not occurred.

(e)Commissioned public health service officers

Commissioned public health service officers detailed to the District of Columbia mental health system shall not be considered employees for purposes of any full-time employee equivalency total of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(f)Former patient employees

For purposes of this section, Hospital employees shall include former patient employees occupying career positions at the Hospital.

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The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (3), (4), (8), (b), and (c)(2), is D.C. Law 2–139, Mar. 3, 1979, which is not classified to the Code.

§225e Conditions of Employment for Former Employees of Hospital

Summary

Title 24, §225e

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