Chairman Linda W. Cropp, at the request of the
Mayor
A BILL IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Chairman Linda W. Cropp, at the request of the Mayor, introduced the following bill,
which was referred to the Committee on Human Services.
To amend the Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice, and Home Care
Licensure Act of 1983 to authorize the Mayor to promulgate guidelines requiring that
persons employed by a group home for mentally retarded persons to provide direct care be
paid the prevailing wage as determined by the United States Department of Labor, or any
successor agency, plus $2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as
the "Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice, and Home Care Licensure
Act of 1983 Amendment Act of 2001".
Sec. 2. Section 5(a) of the Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice, and
Home Care Licensure Act of 1983, effective February 24, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-48; D.C. Code §
32-1304(x)), is amended as follows:
a) By striking the word "and" at the end of paragraph (3);
b) By striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting " ; and"
in its place; and
b)[Sic] By adding a new paragraph (5) to read as follows:
"(5) Notwithstanding section 4(a) of the Minimum Wage Act Revision Act of 1992,
effective March 25, 1993 (D.C. Law 9-248; D.C. Code §36-220.2), standards for wage rates
concerning persons employed by any group home for mentally retarded persons to provide
direct care; provided that the standards shall require that group homes for mentally
retarded persons pay persons providing direct care the prevailing wage as set by the
United States Department of Labor, or any successor agency, from time to time pursuant to
the Davis-Bacon Act, approved March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1494; 40 U.S. C. § 276a et seq.),
as amended, plus $2.".
Sec. 3. The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the
fiscal impact statement required by section 602(c)(3) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code § 1-233(c)(3)).
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of
veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), approval by the Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority as provided in Section 203(a) of the
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995,
approved April 17, 1995 (109 Stat. 116; D.C. Code §47-392.3(a)), a 30-day period of
Congressional review as provided in Section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home
Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Code §1233(c)(1)), and
publication in the District of Columbia Register.