§ 31-3514.02

D.C. Code § 31-3514.02

Establishment of Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund.

Effective Dec 6, 2025Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-245, § 15b; as added Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-192, § 5012(c), 53 DCR 6899; Aug. 16, 2008, D.C. Law 17-219, § 5050, 55 DCR 7598; Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 138, 56 DCR 1117; Mar. 3, 2010, D.C. Law 18-111, § 5131, 57 DCR 181; Sept. 24, 2010, D.C. Law 18-223,§ 5023(c), 57 DCR 6242; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-171, § 88(c), 59 DCR 6190; Sept. 18, 2024, D.C. Law 25-217, § 5072; Dec. 6, 2025, D.C. Law 26-55
  1. (a) There is established as a special fund the Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with subsection (a-1) of this section.
  2. (a-1) Money in the Fund shall be used to support the Healthy DC Program, established by § 4-632, and other medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Health Care Finance.

  3. (b) There shall be deposited into the Fund:

    1. (1) All tax revenue generated pursuant to § 31-3514.01;
    2. (2) Any other local funds, including any fees, penalties, or other tax revenues required by District law, including the premium tax imposed on health maintenance organizations, as required by § 31-3403.01.
    3. (3) Annual appropriations, if any;
    4. (4) Federal grant funds;
    5. (5) All fines and penalties collected pursuant to Chapter 6A of Title 4; and
    6. (6) Grants, gifts, or subsidies from public or private sources.
  4. (c) Repealed.
  5. (d) Notwithstanding subsection (a-1) of this section, in each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028, $5,567,566 shall be transferred from the Fund to the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
  6. (e) Any money remaining available in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer in the fiscal year-end close, shall be transferred to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as part of the fiscal year-end close.

Short Title

Short title: Section 5130 of D.C. Law 18-111 provided that subtitle N of title V of the act may be cited as the “Hospital and Medical Services Corporation Regulatory Amendment Act of 2009”.

Short title: Section 5049 of D.C. Law 17-219 provided that subtitle S of title V of the act may be cited as the “Hospital and Medical Services Corporation Regulatory Act Amendment Act of 2008”.

History

Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-245, § 15b

as added Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-192, § 5012(c), 53 DCR 6899

Aug. 16, 2008, D.C. Law 17-219, § 5050, 55 DCR 7598

Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 138, 56 DCR 1117

Mar. 3, 2010, D.C. Law 18-111, § 5131, 57 DCR 181

Sept. 24, 2010, D.C. Law 18-223,§ 5023(c), 57 DCR 6242

Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-171, § 88(c), 59 DCR 6190

Sept. 18, 2024, D.C. Law 25-217, § 5072

Dec. 6, 2025, D.C. Law 26-55

Emergency Legislation

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 5023(c) of Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-463, July 2, 2010, 57 DCR 6542).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3(c) of Medicaid Resource Maximization Emergency Amendment Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-390, May 7, 2010, 57 DCR 4339).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Healthy DC Equal Access Fund and Hospital Stabilization Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-310, February 18, 2010, 57 DCR 1635).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 5131 of Fiscal Year Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-260, January 4, 2010, 57 DCR 345).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 5131 of Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Second Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-207, October 15, 2009, 56 DCR 8234).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 202 of Fiscal Year 2009 Balanced Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-13, February 23, 2009, 56 DCR 1920).

For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 202 of Fiscal Year 2009 Balanced Budget Support Emergency Amendment Act of 2008 (D.C. Act 17-572, December 2, 2008, 55 DCR 12452).

For temporary (90 day) enactment, see § 5012(c) of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-1, January 16, 2007, 54 DCR 1165).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 5072 of Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25-506, July 15, 2024, 71 DCR 8406).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 4 of Fiscal Year 2025 Revised Local Budget Adjustment Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-142, Aug. 18, 2025, 72 DCR 9130).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 5112 of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-146, Sept. 3, 2025, 72 DCR 9623).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7102 of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-146, Sept. 3, 2025, 72 DCR 9623).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 5112 of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-210, Nov. 24, 2025, 72 DCR 13514).

For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 7102 of Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025 (D.C. Act 26-210, Nov. 24, 2025, 72 DCR 13514).

Temporary Legislation

Section 7(b) of D.C. Law 18-205 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.

“(2) Any other local funds, including any fees, penalties, or other tax revenues required by District law, including the premium tax imposed on health maintenance organizations, as required by section 4a of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1996, effective August 16, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-219; D.C. Official Code § 31-3403.01).”.

Section 3(c) of D.C. Law 18-205, in the section heading, substituted “Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund” for “Healthy DC Fund”; in subsec. (a), substituted “Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund (’Fund’)” for “Healthy DC Fund (’Fund’)” and substituted “ Title 4, and other medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Health Care Finance, without” for “Title 4 without”; and rewrote subsec. (b)(2) to read as follows:

Section 8(b) of D.C. Law 18-154 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.

“(4) The Department of Health Care Finance shall have grant-making authority for purposes of effectuating this subsection.”.

“(B) The Mayor may conduct an audit of the uncompensated acute care expenditures, if necessary, to verify that the funds were expended in accordance with this subsection.

“(3)(A) The Mayor shall seek to recoup any funds from United Medical Center that the Mayor determines were expended contrary to the authority granted by this subsection.

“(2) United Medical Center shall submit a quarterly report to the Mayor providing an accounting of any funds received pursuant to this subsection, including a detailed account of the acute care services that were provided.

“(B) Up to $2.9 million be distributed, in equal monthly installments, beginning by March 15, 2010, and continuing through to September 30, 2010.

“(A) An amount of $3 million be distributed by March 2, 2010; and

“(c)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Mayor is authorized to utilize, in fiscal year 2010, up to $5.9 million from the Fund to support the delivery of acute care services for uninsured or under-insured individuals at United Medical Center; provided, that:

Section 2 of D.C. Law 18-154, in subsec. (a), substituted “, and any other purpose as set forth in this section, without regard” for “without regard”; and added subsec. (c) to read as follows:

For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 202 of (D.C. Law 17-326, March 21, 2009, law notification 56 DCR 3037).

Effect of Amendments

The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-171 validated a previously made technical correction in (c).

D.C. Law 18-223, in the section heading, substituted “Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund” for “Healthy DC Fund”; in subsec. (a), substituted “Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund (’Fund’)” for “Healthy DC Fund (’Fund’)” and inserted “, and other medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Health Care Finance,”; and rewrote subsec. (b)(2), which had read as follows: “(2) Any other local funds, including any fees, penalties, or other tax revenue required by District law, including a portion of the premium tax imposed on health maintenance organizations, as required by Chapter 34 of this title;”

D.C. Law 18-111 added subsec. (c).

D.C. Law 17-353 validated a previously made technical correction.

D.C. Law 17-219 rewrote the section.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 4-632, § 4-637, § 31-3403.01, § 31-3501, § 31-3514, § 47-368.06, and § 47-2002.

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