District of Columbia Code
Title 4 - Public Care Systems

§ 4–753.06. Department requirements for placements of individuals and families in permanent supportive housing - (a) All permanent supportive housing assistance or placements funded exclusively...

§ 4–753.07. Local rent supplement program referrals. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 22, 2005, D.C. Law 16-35, § 8d [8e];...

§ 4–753.08. Emergency rental assistance - *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will...

Subchapter IV - Provision of Services for Homeless Individuals and Families

Part A - Application of Subchapter

§ 4–754.01. Application - (a) The provisions in this subchapter shall apply to: (1)...

Part B - Client Rights and Responsibilities

§ 4–754.11. Client rights - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will...

§ 4–754.12. Additional rights for clients in temporary shelter or transitional housing - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will...

§ 4–754.12a. Additional rights for clients in permanent housing programs - Clients residing in permanent housing provided through a permanent housing...

§ 4–754.13. Client responsibilities - (a) Clients receiving services within the Continuum of Care shall:...

Part C - Provider Standards

§ 4–754.21. Common standards for all providers - Providers shall: (1) Ensure staff members are appropriately trained, qualified,...

§ 4–754.21a. Training standards for all providers - All service provider employees, including intake workers, shall be trained...

§ 4–754.22. Additional standards for providers of severe weather shelter - In addition to the standards in § 4-754.21, providers of...

§ 4–754.23. Additional standards for providers of low barrier shelter - In addition to the requirements in §§ 4-754.21 and 4-754.22,...

§ 4–754.24. Additional standards for providers of temporary shelter, transitional housing, and permanent housing programs - In addition to the requirements in §§ 4-754.21, 4-754.22, and...

§ 4–754.25. Additional standards for providers of transitional housing - In addition to the requirements of §§ 4-754.21, 4-754.22, 4-754.23,...

§ 4–754.25a. Additional standards for providers of shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing programs for LGBTQ homeless youth - Providers of shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing programs for...

Part D - Provider Requirements

§ 4–754.31. Monitoring and inspections of services - (a) The Mayor shall monitor and evaluate the services delivered...

§ 4–754.32. Provider Program Rules - (a) Pursuant to the limitations of subsections (b) and (c)...

§ 4–754.33. Notice - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will...

§ 4–754.34. Transfer of clients - (a) A provider may transfer a client to another provider...

§ 4–754.35. Suspension of services - (a) If a client fails or refuses to comply with...

§ 4–754.36. Termination - (a) A provider may terminate its delivery of services to...

§ 4–754.36a. Discontinuation of permanent supportive housing - (a) A provider may discontinue permanent supportive housing for a...

§ 4–754.36b. Program exits - (a) A provider may exit a client from a housing...

§ 4–754.37. Alternative sanctions - (a) A provider may employ lesser sanctions as alternatives to...

§ 4–754.38. Emergency transfers of clients; emergency suspensions and terminations of services - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will...

§ 4–754.39. Mediation - (a) Providers are strongly encouraged to establish internal mediation programs...

Part E - Administrative Hearings and Review

§ 4–754.41. Fair hearings - (a) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall grant a fair...

§ 4–754.42. Administrative review - (a) The purpose of the administrative review shall be to...

Part F - Shelter Monitoring

§ 4–754.51. Establishment of Shelter Monitoring Unit - There is established within the Department of Human Services a...

§ 4–754.52. Powers and duties of the Shelter Monitoring Unit - (a) The Shelter Monitoring Unit ("Unit") shall monitor the conditions,...

§ 4–754.53. Shelter monitoring reports - (a) The Shelter Monitoring Unit ("Unit") shall issue reports summarizing...

§ 4–754.54. Shelter monitoring staff - (a) Employees of the Shelter Monitoring Unit ("Unit") shall agree...

§ 4–754.55. Retaliation prohibited - No person shall retaliate against a person who brings a...

§ 4–754.56. Annual monitoring strategy - The Shelter Monitoring Unit, with the approval of the Mayor,...

Subchapter V - No Entitlement; Limited Use of Funds

§ 4–755.01. No entitlement to services - (a) No provision of this chapter shall be construed to...

§ 4–755.02. Limitation on use of District monies - (a) No public funds shall be used for payment of...

§ 4–755.03. Medical respite services; exemptions - (a) A medical respite service provider's decision to terminate, suspend,...

Subchapter VI - Additional Mayoral Authority

§ 4–756.01. Contracting authority - (a) The Mayor may execute contracts, grants, and agreements as...

§ 4–756.02. Rulemaking authority - (a) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5...

§ 4–756.03. Director to End Homelessness - (a) The Mayor shall appoint a Director to End Homelessness...

§ 4–756.04. Interim eligibility reporting requirement - The Department, no later than February 1 of each year,...

§ 4–756.05. Flexible Rent Subsidy Pilot Program - *NOTE: This section will expire on September 30, 2026.* (a)...

§ 4–756.06. Annual Rapid Re-Housing report. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 22, 2005, D.C. Law 16-35, § 31d; as...

§ 4–756.07. Voluntary program for former Rapid Re-Housing participants. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 22, 2005, D.C. Law 16-35, § 31e; as...

Chapter 7B - Homeless Prevention

§ 4–771.01. Homeless Prevention Program - (a) There is established within the Department of Human Services...

Chapter 7C - Migrant Services and Supports

§ 4–773.01. Migrant services and supports - *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will...

§ 4–773.02. Eligibility - *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will...

§ 4–773.03. Relationship to other services - *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will...

§ 4–773.04. Grants - *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will...

§ 4–773.05. Contracting - *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will...

§ 4–773.06. Rulemaking - *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will...

Chapter 8 - Medicaid Provider Fraud Prevention

§ 4–801. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Benefit”...

§ 4–802. Penalties; prohibited acts - (a) A person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable...

§ 4–803. Additional civil penalties; appeals; testimony inadmissible - (a) Any person that presents or causes to be presented...

§ 4–804. Prosecutions; investigations; subpoenas; witness fees; perjury; compulsion of obedience to subpoena; oaths; access to records - (a) Criminal prosecutions under § 4-802 may be brought in...

§ 4–805. Rules - The Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of...

Chapter 9 - Employees’ Child Care Facilities

§ 4–901. Necessity of employees’ child care facilities - The Council of the District of Columbia (“Council”) finds that:...

§ 4–902. Child Care Bureau established; organization; duties of executive director - (a) There is established within the District government a Child...

§ 4–903. Requisites for space set aside in government buildings - (a) The District government shall set aside adequate space within...

§ 4–904. Management of areas designated for facilities - (a) Utilization of the space described in § 4-903 for...

§ 4–905. Periodic reassessment of need for facility; closing facility and relocation of children - (a) When a child care facility has been continuously operating...

Chapter 10 - Burial Assistance Program

§ 4–1001. Burial assistance program - (a) Emergency assistance up to a maximum of $1,000 is...

Chapter 10A - Heirs' Property Legal Assistance

§ 4–1051. Heirs' property legal assistance - (a) The Mayor may issue grants to assist low-income individuals...

Chapter 11 - D.C. General Hospital Hospice Program

§ 4–1101. Definition - For the purposes of this chapter, the term “terminal condition”...

§ 4–1102. D.C. General Hospital Hospice Program; established - (a) There is established a hospice program to be administered...

§ 4–1103. Appropriations - There is authorized to be appropriated funds necessary to carry...

§ 4–1104. Rules - Within 120 days of March 16, 1989, the D.C. General...

§ 4–1105. Report - The D.C. General Hospital Commission shall report, on an annual...

Chapter 12 - Emergency Assistance Program. [Repealed]

§ 4–1201. Definitions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 2, 36...

§ 4–1202. Requirements. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 3, 36...

§ 4–1203. Emergency assistance. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 4, 36...

§ 4–1204. Timeframes for emergency assistance; procedures for application - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 5, 36...

§ 4–1205. Applicant unit - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 6, 36...

§ 4–1206. Residency requirement. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 7, 36...

§ 4–1207. Employment requirement. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 8, 36...

§ 4–1208. Income eligibility standard. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 9, 36...

§ 4–1209. Income exempt from determination of eligibility. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 10, 36...

§ 4–1210. Income considered in determination of eligibility. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 11, 36...

§ 4–1211. Assets and resources exempt from determination of eligibility. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 12, 36...

§ 4–1212. Assets and resources considered in determination of eligibility - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 13, 36...

§ 4–1213. Computation of emergency assistance payments. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 14, 36...

§ 4–1214. Emergency related eligibility. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 15, 36...

§ 4–1215. Food emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 16, 36...

§ 4–1216. Clothing emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 17, 36...

§ 4–1217. Essential household items emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 18, 36...

§ 4–1218. Essential large appliances emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 19, 36...

§ 4–1219. Essential furniture emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 20, 36...

§ 4–1220. Rent emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 21, 36...

§ 4–1221. Mortgage emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 22, 36...

§ 4–1222. Essential home repairs emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 23, 36...

§ 4–1223. Storage and moving emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 24, 36...

§ 4–1224. Security or damage deposits. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 25, 36...

§ 4–1225. Deposit for heat or utility emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 26, 36...

§ 4–1226. Utility emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 27, 36...

§ 4–1227. Necessities of employment. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 28, 36...

§ 4–1228. Burial assistance. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 29, 36...

§ 4–1229. Multiple emergency assistance requests. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 30, 36...

§ 4–1230. Waiver by Mayor. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 31, 36...

§ 4–1230.01. No creation of an entitlement. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 31a; as...

§ 4–1231. Rules. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 32, 36...

§ 4–1232. Appeals. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-221, § 33, 36...

Chapter 13 - Child Abuse and Neglect

Subchapter I - Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Part A - Reporting Abuse and Neglect

§ 4–1301.01. [Reserved] - This section is referenced in § 7-131.

§ 4–1301.02. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter: (1)(A) "Abused", when used...

§ 4–1301.04. Handling of reports — By Agency - (a)(1) The Agency shall conduct a thorough investigation of a...

§ 4–1301.05. Handling of reports — By police - (a) The police shall, as soon as possible after the...

§ 4–1301.06. Investigation - (a) The full investigation shall be completed no more than...

§ 4–1301.06a. Exposure of children to drug-related activity - (a) Upon receipt of a report that a child (1)...

§ 4–1301.06b. Obtaining records - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the Agency’s...

§ 4–1301.07. Removal of children - (a) In cases in which a child is alleged to...

§ 4–1301.08. Photographs and radiological examination - As part of the investigation required by this part, any...

§ 4–1301.09. Social investigation; services; report - (a) If the initial investigation results in a substantiated report,...

§ 4–1301.09a. Reasonable efforts - (a) In determining and making reasonable efforts under this section,...

Part A-i - Multidisciplinary Investigation Team; Confidentiality

§ 4–1301.51. Mandatory investigation of child abuse and neglect cases by multidisciplinary team - (a) Every instance of sexual abuse of a child shall...

§ 4–1301.52. Confidentiality of information and records of the Children’s Advocacy Center - (a)(1) Except as permitted by paragraph (2) of this subsection,...

Part B - Child Protection Register

§ 4–1302.01. Duties and responsibilities - (a) There is hereby established a Child Protection Register to...

§ 4–1302.02. Information to be retained - (a) There shall be retained in the Child Protection Register...

§ 4–1302.03. Access to Register; release of information generally - (a) The staff which maintains the Child Protection Register shall...

§ 4–1302.04. Release of information for research and evaluation - The staff which maintains the Child Protection Register may release...

§ 4–1302.05. Notification of persons identified in a report - (a) The staff which maintains the Child Protection Register shall,...

§ 4–1302.06. Challenges to information in Register - The Mayor shall establish, by rules adopted pursuant to §...

§ 4–1302.07. Expungement - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, substantiated reports shall...

§ 4–1302.08. Penalty for unauthorized release of information - Any staff member of the Child Protection Register who willfully...

§ 4–1302.09. Prosecution - All violations of this subchapter shall be prosecuted by the...

Part C - Child and Family Services Agency

§ 4–1303.01. Establishment and purposes - Repealed. (Sept. 23, 1977, D.C. Law 2-22, title III, §...

§ 4–1303.01a. Establishment and purposes of Child and Family Services Agency - (a) There is established as a separate Cabinet-level agency, subordinate...

§ 4–1303.02. Organization - Repealed. (Sept. 23, 1977, D.C. Law 2-22, title III, §...

§ 4–1303.02a. Organization and authority of Child and Family Services Agency - (a) The Agency shall be administered by a full-time Director...

§ 4–1303.03. Duties and powers of the Director - (a) The Director of the Agency shall have the following...

§ 4–1303.03a. Provision of neighborhood-based services; partnerships with neighborhood groups - (a) To implement the Director’s authority to deliver child and...

§ 4–1303.03b. Single reporting line - (a) The Agency shall establish a single reporting line to...

§ 4–1303.03c. Child and Family Services Agency Transportation Fund. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Sept. 23, 1977, D.C. Law 2-22, title III, §...

§ 4–1303.03d. Rapid Housing Program assistance - (a) The Agency shall track and publicly report the number...

§ 4–1303.03e. Behavioral health screening and assessment requirements - (a)(1) All children in the custody of the Agency shall,...

§ 4–1303.03f. Reasonable and prudent parent standard - (a) Foster parents and group homes for children who have...

§ 4–1303.04. Services authorized; custodial placement; removal of child - (a) Repealed. (b) When an investigation indicates that a child...

§ 4–1303.05. Medical treatment authorized - When the Agency has physical custody of a child pursuant...

§ 4–1303.06. Confidentiality of records and information - (a) Information acquired by staff of the Child and Family...

§ 4–1303.07. Unauthorized disclosure of records - Whoever willfully discloses, receives, makes use of or knowingly permits...

§ 4–1303.08. Voluntary Foster Care Registry - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1)...

§ 4–1303.09. Voluntary Foster Care Registry Fund - (a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the Voluntary...

§ 4–1303.10. Grants - In Fiscal Year 2020, the Agency shall award, on a...

§ 4–1303.11. Agency's responsibilities to the Office of the Ombudsperson for Children - (a) The Agency shall: (1) Notify the Office of the...

Part C-i - Public Disclosure of Findings and Information in Cases of Child Fatality or Near Fatality

§ 4–1303.31. Definitions - For the purposes of this part, the term: (1)(A) “Agency”...

§ 4–1303.32. Disclosure of findings and information - (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a disclosing official...

§ 4–1303.33. Civil action to compel disclosure - (a) Any person who has submitted a request to the...

§ 4–1303.34. Immunity - The District, the disclosing official, and any agencies, committees, officials,...

§ 4–1303.35. Freedom of Information Act requests - Nothing in this part shall limit or restrict any right...

§ 4–1303.36. Rules - The Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5...

Part C-ii - Citizen Review Panel

§ 4–1303.51. Establishment of the Citizen Review Panel; purposes; duties - (a) There is hereby established the Citizen Review Panel, whose...

§ 4–1303.52. Panel membership - (a) The Panel shall be comprised of 15 members to...

§ 4–1303.53. Panel procedures; meetings; staff support - (a)(1) A quorum shall consist of 8 members and the...

§ 4–1303.54. Access to information and confidentiality - (a) The Panel shall have access to data on children...

§ 4–1303.55. Conflict of interest - Panel members shall be subject to the conflict of interest...

Part C-iii - Statements of Rights and Responsibilities for Youth in Foster Care

§ 4–1303.71. Definitions - For the purposes of this part, the term “Youth” means...

§ 4–1303.72. Statements of Rights and Responsibilities - (a) Within 90 days of April 23, 2013, the Mayor,...

§ 4–1303.73. Dissemination of rights and responsibilities information - (a) When a youth comes under the care of the...

§ 4–1303.74. Implementation plan - (a) Within 90 days of April 23, 2013, the Agency...

Part C-iv - Statements of Rights and Responsibilities for Foster Parents

§ 4–1303.81. Definitions - For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) "Foster...

§ 4–1303.82. Statements of Rights and Responsibilities for Foster Parents - (a) Within 180 days after the February 18, 2017, the...

§ 4–1303.83. Dissemination of rights and responsibilities information - (a) When a foster parent is licensed by the Agency,...

§ 4–1303.84. Implementation plan - (a) Within 180 days after February 18, 2017, the Agency...

§ 4–1303.85. Rules - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...

Part E - Criminal Records Check

§ 4–1305.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this part: (1) “Adult” means an...

§ 4–1305.02. Criminal records check required for certain individuals - The following individuals shall apply for a criminal records check...

§ 4–1305.03. Application for criminal records check; timing - (a) Within the time stated in subsection (b) of this...

§ 4–1305.04. Payment of processing fees and costs - (a) A person who is required to have a criminal...

§ 4–1305.05. Processing the criminal records check - (a) The Agency or licensed child-placing agency shall forward complete...

§ 4–1305.06. Results of the criminal records check - (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to an...

§ 4–1305.07. Effect of failure to request a criminal records check - (a) If an individual described in § 4-1305.02(1), (2), or...

§ 4–1305.08. Confidentiality - (a) Information obtained pursuant to a criminal records check shall...

§ 4–1305.09. Penalties for violation of confidentiality - (a) An individual who discloses confidential information in violation of...

Part F - Rules

§ 4–1306.01. Rules - (a) The Mayor may, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter...

Subchapter II - Reports of Neglected Children

§ 4–1321.01. Purpose - It is the purpose of this subchapter to require a...

§ 4–1321.02. Persons required to make reports; procedure - (a) Notwithstanding § 14-307, any person specified in subsection (b)...

§ 4–1321.03. Nature and contents of reports - (a) Each person required to make a report of a...

§ 4–1321.04. Immunity from liability - Any person, hospital, or institution participating in good faith in...

§ 4–1321.05. Privileges; waiver - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 14-306 and 14-307, neither the...

§ 4–1321.06. Exceptions for treatment solely by spiritual means - Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, no child who...

§ 4–1321.07. Failure to make report - Any person required to make a report under this subchapter...

Subchapter II-A - Reports of Missing Children

§ 4–1323.01. Missing persons - (a) The Child and Family Services Agency shall file a...

Subchapter III - Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Children’s Trust Fund

§ 4–1341.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Child”...

§ 4–1341.02. Establishment of the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Children’s Trust Fund - (a) There is established in the District of Columbia a...

§ 4–1341.03. Establishment of Board of Directors - (a) A self-perpetuating Board of Directors is established to manage...

§ 4–1341.04. Powers and responsibilities of the Board of Directors - (a) The Board of Directors shall: (1) Administer the Trust...

§ 4–1341.05. Service of process - The Trust Fund shall maintain a designated agent to accept...

§ 4–1341.06. Corporate powers - The Trust Fund may exercise those powers conferred upon a...

§ 4–1341.07. Dissolution - Except as otherwise provided in a contract or legacy transferring...

§ 4–1341.08. Tax status - The Trust Fund may engage in such activities that make...

Subchapter III-A - Integrated Funding and Services for At-Risk Children, Youth, and Families

§ 4–1345.01. Definitions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-192, § 5202, 53...

§ 4–1345.02. Integrated Services Fund for At-Risk Children, Youth, and Families. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-192, § 5203, 53...

§ 4–1345.03. Scope and design of programs and services. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-192, § 5204, 53...

Subchapter IV - Adoption Improvement

§ 4–1361. Database - The District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency (referred...

§ 4–1362. Contracting with private service providers - (a) Private contracts. — Not later than September 30, 1999,...

Subchapter V - Child Fatality Review Committee

§ 4–1371.01. Short title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Child Fatality Review...

§ 4–1371.02. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Child”...

§ 4–1371.03. Establishment and purpose - (a) There is established a Child Fatality Review Committee. Facilities...

§ 4–1371.04. Composition of the Child Fatality Review Committee - (a) The Mayor shall appoint a minimum of one representative...

§ 4–1371.05. Criteria for case review - (a) The Committee shall be responsible for reviewing all deaths...

§ 4–1371.06. Access to information - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, immediately upon the...

§ 4–1371.07. Subpoena power - (a) When necessary for the discharge of its duties, the...

§ 4–1371.08. Confidentiality of proceedings - (a) Proceedings of the Committee shall be closed to the...

§ 4–1371.09. Confidentiality of information - (a) All information and records generated by the Committee, including...

§ 4–1371.10. Immunity from liability for providing information to Committee - Any health-care provider or any other person or institution providing...

§ 4–1371.11. Unlawful disclosure of information; penalties - Whoever discloses, receives, makes use of, or knowingly permits the...

§ 4–1371.12. Persons required to make reports; procedure - (a) Notwithstanding, but in addition to, the provisions of any...

§ 4–1371.13. Immunity from liability for making reports - Any person, hospital, or institution participating in good faith in...

§ 4–1371.14. Failure to make report - Any person required to make a report under § 4-1371.12...

Chapter 14 - Placement of Children in Family Homes

Subchapter I - General

§ 4–1401. Purpose of subchapter - The purpose of this subchapter is to secure for each...

§ 4–1402. “Child-placing agency” defined; license required - (a) Any person, firm, corporation, association, or public agency that...

§ 4–1403. Appointment of committee to promulgate rules and regulations; composition and tenure. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 22, 1944, 58 Stat. 193, ch. 174, §...

§ 4–1404. Application for issuance of licenses - (a) An application for a license as a child-placing agency...

§ 4–1405. Persons and agencies authorized to place children; custody, control and visitation by agencies; confidentiality of records - (a) No person other than the parent, guardian, or relative...

§ 4–1405.01. Agreements with foreign agencies - Notwithstanding the provisions of this subchapter, the Mayor is authorized...

§ 4–1406. Parental rights; termination or relinquishment; vesting in agencies or Mayor; exercise in adoption proceedings - (a)(1) Whenever a licensed child-placing agency shall have been given...

§ 4–1407. Refusal to issue, revocation or suspension of licenses; reinstatement or reissuance - The Mayor may refuse to reissue or may revoke or...

§ 4–1407.01. Agency required to check enumerated registers for child abuse or neglect; effect of failure of agency to check or obtain information - Prior to placement of a child in a family home,...

§ 4–1408. Violations; prosecution - Any person, firm, corporation, association, or public agency who conducts...

§ 4–1409. Investigations and inspections - The Department of Health is authorized to make such investigations...

§ 4–1410. Authority to charge or receive compensation for services; inability to pay adoption costs - (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection,...

Subchapter II - Interstate Compact on Placement of Children

§ 4–1421. Definitions - The term “appropriate authority” as used in this compact means,...

§ 4–1422. Authority to enter into and execute Compact - The Mayor of the District of Columbia (“District”) is authorized...

§ 4–1423. Agreements with other states - An officer of the District that has the authority to...

§ 4–1424. Delinquent children, administrative hearing, judicial review - (a) If a child is adjudicated delinquent and committed to...

Chapter 14A - Newborn Safe Haven

§ 4–1451.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Authorized...

§ 4–1451.02. Surrender - (a) Except when there is actual or suspected child abuse...

§ 4–1451.03. Signage - The Mayor shall develop and post uniform signage with a...

§ 4–1451.04. Placement - (a) After the surrender of a newborn, an Authorized Receiving...

§ 4–1451.05. Parental rights - (a) Notwithstanding § 4-1406(b) [(b) repealed], there shall be no...

§ 4–1451.06. Immunity from liability - (a) An Authorized Receiving Facility and the personnel of an...

§ 4–1451.07. Status report - The Mayor shall submit a status report by January 31,...

§ 4–1451.08. Rules - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...

Chapter 15 - Criminal Background Checks for Government Services to Children

§ 4–1501.01. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the “Criminal Background Checks...

§ 4–1501.02. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Applicant”...

§ 4–1501.03. Criminal background checks required for certain individuals - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d)...

§ 4–1501.04. Authorization to obtain records - (a) The Mayor may obtain criminal history records maintained by...

§ 4–1501.05. Procedure for criminal background checks - (a) The Mayor or the appropriate personnel authority shall conduct...

§ 4–1501.05a. Assessment of information obtained from criminal background check - (a) The information obtained from the criminal background check shall...

§ 4–1501.06. Submission of positions of covered child or youth services providers subject to criminal background checks - (a) Within 30 days of December 1, 2004, each District...

§ 4–1501.07. Assessment of information on covered child or youth services providers - The Mayor shall review the information on all proposed covered...

§ 4–1501.08. Confidentiality of information to be maintained - All criminal background records received by the Mayor shall be...

§ 4–1501.09. Penalty for providing false information - An applicant for employment or a volunteer position with any...

§ 4–1501.10. Penalties for disclosing confidential information - (a) An individual who discloses confidential information in violation of...

§ 4–1501.11. Rules - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...

Chapter 16 - Access to Justice Initiative. [Repealed]

§ 4–1601. Definitions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Sept. 24, 2010, D.C. Law 18-223, § 3012, 57...

Chapter 17 - Access to Justice Initiative Program

Subchapter I - Definitions

§ 4–1701.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Adequate...

Subchapter II - Access to Justice Initiative

Part A - Establishment of Program

§ 4–1702.01. Access to Justice Initiative - (a) The Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants shall...

§ 4–1702.02. Financial audit and reporting requirements - (a)(1) The Bar Foundation shall provide the Office of Victim...

Part B - Funding for Program

§ 4–1703.01. ATJ; funding and administration - (a) The Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants shall...

Part C - Poverty Lawyer Loan Repayment Assistance Program

§ 4–1704.01. LRAP - (a) The District of Columbia Poverty Lawyer Loan Repayment Assistance...

§ 4–1704.02. LRAP; administration - (a) The Administrator shall: (1) Establish an application and eligibility...

§ 4–1704.03. LRAP; participation eligibility - (a) To be eligible to participate in the LRAP, an...

§ 4–1704.04. LRAP; award of loans - (a) The Administrator shall award loans to participants during the...

§ 4–1704.05. LRAP; participant obligations - (a) A participant shall: (1) Maintain full-time employment and eligible...

§ 4–1704.06. LRAP; disbursement of loans - (a) The Administrator shall begin to disburse loan repayment assistance...

§ 4–1704.07. LRAP; rulemaking - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...

Chapter 18 - Access to Justice -- Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program

§ 4–1801. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Bar...

§ 4–1802. Civil legal counsel projects for eligible individuals or groups in covered proceedings - (a) There is established the Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program...

§ 4–1803. Requirements for designated legal service providers - (a) The Bar Foundation shall only award subgrants to legal...

§ 4–1804. Financial audit and reporting requirements - (a) The Bar Foundation shall provide the Council with: (1)...

§ 4–1805. Other criminal and civil proceedings - This chapter shall not be construed to negate, alter, or...

Chapter 19 - Immigrant Legal Services Program

§ 4–1901. Immigrant Legal Services Program - (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1)...

Chapter 20 - Direct Services to Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

§ 4–2001. Definitions - For the purpose of this chapter, the term: (1) Repealed....

§ 4–2002. Payment - (a) By Fiscal Year 2025, the Mayor shall determine the...

§ 4–2003. Calculating the annual payment. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Apr. 16, 2020, D.C. Law 23-77, § 4, 67...

§ 4–2003.01. Report to Council - The Mayor shall, by October 1, 2022, and each year...

§ 4–2004. Eligibility for payment - (a) It shall not be a violation of this act...

§ 4–2005. Rules - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...

§ 4–2006. Applicability - This chapter shall not apply until such time that the...

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