24 U.S.C. § 225g : US Code - Section 225G: Financing provisions

Search 24 U.S.C. § 225g : US Code - Section 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.