24 U.S.C. § 225e — Conditions of employment for former employees of Hospital

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This law sets the rules for former Saint Elizabeths Hospital workers who move into District of Columbia jobs without a break in service. It covers pay, benefits, licensing deadlines, retirement systems, and injury claims, and waives the residency requirement for these workers.

(a) Individuals accepting employment without service breaks: Each person who moves into a District government job without a break in service under section 225d must: (1) meet all District job qualifications except licensing rules, and become a District employee covered by the D.C. Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 and all other District personnel laws; (2) get any required license within 18 months of being appointed by the District; (3) carry over unused annual and sick leave under title XII of the D.C. Merit Personnel Act, even though a different federal law (5 U.S.C. chapter 63) would normally apply; (4) have their grade and pay set under title XI of the D.C. Merit Personnel Act — but no employee can lose basic pay or seniority in the switch; (5) if it applies, keep their physician's comparability allowance under 5 U.S.C. § 5948, and keep receiving it until the current agreement ends, or for 2 years after the District appoints them, whichever is later; (6) get the same health and life insurance benefits as other District employees in that service; (7) if they worked for the federal government before January 1, 1984, stay covered by the federal Civil Service Retirement System to the same extent it covers District employees; and (8) if they started with the federal government on or after January 1, 1984, join the retirement system for District employees under title XXVI of the D.C. Merit Personnel Act. (b) Exemption from residency requirements: Someone appointed to a District job without a break in service, or from the retention list or a reemployment priority list, does not have to meet the District's residency requirement under title VIII of the D.C. Merit Personnel Act. (c) Compensation; work related injuries: Someone getting workers' compensation for a work injury under 5 U.S.C. chapter 81: (1) keeps having that claim decided and paid by the federal government until they recover and return to duty; (2) once they've recovered and returned to duty, has any later claim for the injury coming back decided and paid under title XXIII of the D.C. Merit Personnel Act. (d) Actions by District against individuals accepting employment: The District may start or continue a disciplinary action against someone who took a job under section 225d(c), for cause related to events before the service coordination period ended. That action must follow the same federal laws and regulations that would have applied if the District had not taken over. (e) Commissioned public health service officers: Commissioned public health service officers assigned to the District's mental health system don't count as employees when figuring the Department of Health and Human Services' full-time employee totals. (f) Former patient employees: For this section, "Hospital employees" includes former patients who held career positions at the Hospital.

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(a) Individuals accepting employment; without service breaks

Each individual accepting employment without a break in service with the District government pursuant to section 225d of this title shall—

(1)

except as specifically provided in this subchapter, be required to meet all District qualifications other than licensure requirements for appointment required of other candidates, and shall become District employees in the comparable District service subject to the provisions of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, and all other statutes and regulations governing District personnel;

(2)

meet all licensure requirements within 18 months of appointment by the District government;

(3)

notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 5, transfer accrued annual and sick leave balances pursuant to title XII of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978;

(4)

have the grade and rate of pay determined in accordance with regulations established pursuant to title XI of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, except that no employee shall suffer a loss in the basic rate of pay or in seniority;

(5)

if applicable, retain a rate of pay including the physician’s comparability allowance under the provisions of section 5948 of title 5, and continue to receive such allowance under the terms of the then prevailing agreement until its expiration or for a period of 2 years from the date of appointment by the District government, whichever occurs later;

(6)

be entitled to the same health and life insurance benefits as are available to District employees in the applicable service;

(7)

if employed by the Federal Government before January 1, 1984, continue to be covered by the United States Civil Service Retirement System, under chapter 83 of title 5, to the same extent that such retirement system covers District Government 1 employees; and

(8)

if employed by the Federal Government on or after January 1, 1984, be subject to the retirement system applicable to District government employees pursuant to title XXVI, Retirement, of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978.

(b) Exemption from residency requirements

An individual appointed to a position in the District government without a break in service, from the retention list, or from the District or Federal agency reemployment priority lists shall be exempt from the residency requirements of title VIII of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978.

An individual receiving compensation for work injuries pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5 shall—

(1)

continue to have the claims adjudicated and the related costs paid by the Federal Government until such individual recovers and returns to duty;

(2)

if medically recovered and returned to duty, have any subsequent claim for the recurrence of the disability determined and paid under the provisions of title XXIII of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978.

(d) Actions by District against individuals accepting employment

The District government may initiate or continue an action against an individual who accepts employment under section 225d(c) of this title for cause related to events that occur prior to the end of the service coordination period. Any such action shall be conducted in accordance with such Federal laws and regulations under which action would have been conducted had the assumption of function by the District not occurred.

(e) Commissioned public health service officers

Commissioned public health service officers detailed to the District of Columbia mental health system shall not be considered employees for purposes of any full-time employee equivalency total of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(f) Former patient employees

For purposes of this section, Hospital employees shall include former patient employees occupying career positions at the Hospital.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–621, § 7, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3375.)

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1984Enacted · Pub. L. 98-621 · 98 Stat. 3375

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