§ 7-1131.06 — Appointment and duties of Chief Financial Officer.

District of Columbia § 7-1131.06

• Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
• Title 7: Human Health Care and Safety.
• Ch. 11B: Department of Mental Health Establishment.

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The Department shall have a Chief Financial Officer (“Department CFO”), who shall be appointed by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia (“District’s CFO”) in collaboration with the Director. The Department CFO shall:

(1) Be qualified by experience and training to carry out accounting, budgeting, and financial management functions;

(2) Directly report to, be ultimately responsible to, and be under the supervisory direction of the District’s CFO, through the Director;

(3) Engage in the accounting, budgeting, and financial management functions authorized by the District’s CFO;

(4) Serve as a member of the Department’s management team;

(5) Advocate for and advance the policy objectives of the Director, to the extent consistent with the Department CFO’s ultimate responsibility to and supervisory control by the District’s CFO; and

(6) Be subject to evaluation, discipline, and transfer by the District’s CFO, in collaboration with the Director.

Legislative History

Dec. 18, 2001, D.C. Law 14-56, § 106, 48 DCR 7674