§ 225g. — Financing provisions.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 24USC225g]
TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
CHAPTER 4--SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL
SUBCHAPTER III--MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Sec. 225g. Financing provisions
(a) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for grants by the Secretary
of Health and Human Services to the District of Columbia comprehensive
mental health system, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1988, $24,000,000 for
fiscal year 1989, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $12,000,000 for
fiscal year 1991.
(b) Federal agencies; payments to District of costs for treatment of
certain patients; responsibility of U.S. for service costs
(1) Beginning on October 1, 1987, and in each subsequent fiscal
year, the appropriate Federal agency is directed to pay the District of
Columbia the full costs for the provision of mental health diagnostic
and treatment services for the following types of patients:
(A) Any individual referred to the system pursuant to a Federal
statute or by a responsible Federal agency.
(B) Any individual referred to the system for emergency
detention or involuntary commitment after being taken into custody
(i) as a direct result of the individual's action or threat of
action against a Federal official, (ii) as a direct result of the
individual's action or threat of action on the grounds of the White
House or of the Capitol, or (iii) under chapter 9 of title 21 of the
District of Columbia Code.
(C) Any individual referred to the system as a result of a
criminal proceeding in a Federal court (including an individual
admitted for treatment, observation, and diagnosis and an individual
found incompetent to stand trial or found not guilty by reason of
insanity). The preceding provisions of this paragraph apply to any
individual referred to the system (or to Saint Elizabeths Hospital)
before or after November 8, 1984.
(2) The responsibility of the United States for the cost of services
for individuals described in paragraph (1) shall not affect the
treatment responsibilities to the District of Columbia under the
Interstate Compact on Mental Health.
(c) Financial responsibility during coordination period
(1) During the service coordination and the financial transition
periods, the District of Columbia shall gradually assume a greater share
of the financial responsibility for the provision of mental health
services provided by the system to individuals not described in
subsection (b) of this section.
(2) Omitted
(d) Shared responsibility for capital improvements
Subject to section 225b(f)(2) of this title, capital improvements to
facilities at Saint Elizabeths Hospital authorized during the service
coordination period shall be the shared responsibility of the District
and the Federal Government in accordance with Public Law 83-472.
(e) Unassigned liabilities; sole responsibility of Federal Government
Pursuant to the financial audit under section 225b(f) of this title,
any unassigned liabilities of the Hospital shall be assumed by and shall
be the sole responsibility of the Federal Government.
(f) Audit to determine liability of Federal Government for accrued
annual leave balances; authorization of appropriations
(1) After the service coordination period, the Secretary shall
conduct an audit, under generally accepted accounting procedures, to
identify the liability of the Federal Government for accrued annual
leave balances for those employees assumed by the District under the
system implementation plan.
(2) There is authorized to be appropriated for payment by the
Federal Government to the District an amount equal to the liability
identified by such audit.
(g) Authority; District; collection of costs for mental health services
Nothing in this subchapter shall affect the authority of the
District of Columbia under any other statute to collect costs billed by
the District of Columbia for mental health services, except that payment
for the same costs may not be collected from more than one party.
(h) Responsibility of United States for certain claims
The Government of the United States shall be solely responsible
for--
(1) all claims and causes of action against Saint Elizabeths
Hospital that accrue before October 1, 1987, regardless of the date
on which legal proceedings asserting such claims were or may be
filed, except that the United States shall, in the case of any tort
claim, only be responsible for any such claim against the United
States that accrues before October 1, 1987, and the United States
shall not compromise or settle any claim resulting in District
liability without the consent of the District, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld; and
(2) all claims that result in a judgment or award against Saint
Elizabeths Hospital before October 1, 1987.
(Pub. L. 98-621, Sec. 9, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3377.)
References in Text
Public Law 83-472, referred to in subsec. (d), is act July 2, 1954,
ch. 457, 68 Stat. 434, as amended, known as the Departments of Labor,
and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1955. Certain
provisions of this Act relating to Saint Elizabeths Hospital and
appearing at 68 Stat. 443, were repealed by section 10(d)(2) of Pub. L.
98-621 effective Oct. 1, 1987. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Subsec. (c)(2) of this section amended section 502 of the District
of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Pub. L.
93-198, title V, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 813), which is not classified
to the Code.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 225b of this title.
