District of Columbia § 47-1262 Nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 47-1262 — Nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund.

District of Columbia § 47-1262

Title 47Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]

Ch. 12CNursing Facility Quality of Care Fund; Nursing Facility Assessment.

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D.C. Code § 47-1262 (2026).

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(a)There is established a fund designated as the Nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund, which shall be separate from the General Fund of the District of Columbia and shall be used for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section. All assessments collected under this chapter, any and all interest earned on those assessments, any and all interest and penalties collected under § 47-1264 , and any and all matching federal funds on those amounts, shall be deposited into the Fund, and shall not revert to the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of any fiscal year or at any other time, but shall be continually available for the uses and purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section, subject to authorization by Congress in an appropriations act.

(b)No less than

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(a) There is established a fund designated as the Nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund, which shall be separate from the General Fund of the District of Columbia and shall be used for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section. All assessments collected under this chapter, any and all interest earned on those assessments, any and all interest and penalties collected under § 47-1264 , and any and all matching federal funds on those amounts, shall be deposited into the Fund, and shall not revert to the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of any fiscal year or at any other time, but shall be continually available for the uses and purposes set forth in subsection (b) of this section, subject to authorization by Congress in an appropriations act.

(b) No less than 90% of the Fund shall be used solely to fund quality of care initiatives.

(c) The Mayor shall submit to the Council, as a part of the annual budget, a requested appropriation for expenditures from the Fund.

(d) The Mayor shall audit all income and expenses of the Fund annually and provide the annual report to the Council.

Legislative History

Dec. 7, 2004, D.C. Law 15-205, § 5202(c), 51 DCR 8441; Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-192, § 5082, 53 DCR 6899; Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 211, 56 DCR 1117