District Of Columbia Code — 4
Browse 633 sections in division 4 of the District Of Columbia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 4-101. Board of Charities, Board of Children’s Guardians, and National Training School for Girls abolished.
- § 4-102. Board of Public Welfare — Created; successor to abolished Boards; employees transferred.
- § 4-103. Board of Public Welfare — Composition; appointment; term of office; vacancies; residency requirement; removal; compensation.
- § 4-104. Board of Public Welfare — Officers; meetings; authority to make rules, regulations, and orders.
- § 4-105. Director of Public Welfare.
- § 4-106. Institutions placed under control of Board.
- § 4-107. Institutional personnel under supervision of Board; duties of superintendent; appointment and discharge of personnel.
- § 4-108. Rules and regulations relating to admissions of persons and administration of institutions.
- § 4-109. Registration records; system of accounts.
- § 4-110. Powers of Board of Charities transferred.
- § 4-111. Supervision over institutions supported by congressional appropriations.
- § 4-112. Submission of plans for new institutions; investigation of institutions.
- § 4-113. Members and employees to have no interest in contracts.
- § 4-114. Powers of Mayor over dependent children.
- § 4-115. Limitation in number of dependent children.
- § 4-116. Children over whom Board shall have supervision.
- § 4-117. Investigation of children; confidentiality of records; study of physical and mental conditions.
- § 4-118. Commitments by Family Division of Superior Court; placement by Board.
- § 4-119. Commitment of children under 17 years of age.
- § 4-120. Duties of Trustees of National Training School for Girls transferred.
- § 4-121. Annual budget; report of activities; recommendations; study of social and environmental conditions.
- § 4-122. Visitation of wards.
- § 4-123. Discharge from guardianship.
- § 4-124. Duties and responsibilities of Board.
- § 4-125. Assisting child to leave institution without authority; concealing such child; duty of police.
- § 4-126. Assistance application form standardization.
- § 4-201.01. Definitions.
- § 4-202.01. Public assistance categories established.
- § 4-202.01a. Termination of General Public Assistance.
- § 4-202.02. Administrative duties of Mayor.
- § 4-202.03. Mayor authorized to delegate functions.
- § 4-202.04. Council to adopt rules.
- § 4-202.05. Mayor to issue rules.
- § 4-203.01. Definitions.
- § 4-203.02. Assignment to public institution by Department.
- § 4-203.03. Maintenance in public institution by Mayor.
- § 4-203.04. Assignment to public institution by Mayor.
- § 4-204.01. Monthly amount of income disregarded.
- § 4-204.02. Amount of federal payment disregarded.
- § 4-204.03. Ability of responsible relatives to contribute.
- § 4-204.04. Amount of training incentive payment disregarded.
- § 4-204.05. Medicaid benefits.
- § 4-204.05a. Extension of transitional Medicaid program.
- § 4-204.06. District supplement for Supplemental Security Income recipients.
- § 4-204.07. Interim Disability Assistance.
- § 4-204.08. Pilot program for Interim Disability Assistance.
- § 4-204.09. Interim Disability Assistance Fund.
- § 4-204.11. Short title.
- § 4-204.12. Definitions.
- § 4-204.13. Establishment of the Office of Medicaid Operations Reform.
- § 4-204.14. Purposes, powers, and duties of the Office.
- § 4-204.15. Rules.
- § 4-204.16. Applicability.
- § 4-204.51. Short title.
- § 4-204.52. Definitions.
- § 4-204.53. Establishment of the Medicaid and Special Education Reform Fund.
- § 4-204.54. Purposes of the Fund.
- § 4-204.55. Distribution of funds.
- § 4-204.56. Annual report.
- § 4-204.61. Definitions.
- § 4-204.62. Medicaid reimbursement system for nursing facilities.
- § 4-205.01. Eligibility for public assistance.
- § 4-205.02. Residency requirement.
- § 4-205.03. Determination of residency.
- § 4-205.04. Relocation of recipients to another jurisdiction.
- § 4-205.05. Definitions.
- § 4-205.05a. General Assistance for Children program.
- § 4-205.06. Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled need determination.
- § 4-205.07. Aid to the Blind need determination.
- § 4-205.08. GPA need determination.
- § 4-205.09. AB and ATD self-supporting plans.
- § 4-205.10. TANF income eligibility standards.
- § 4-205.11. TANF need determination.
- § 4-205.11a. Time limit for receipt of TANF benefits.
- § 4-205.11b. Reduction of benefits for long-term TANF recipients.
- § 4-205.11c. Human impact statement.
- § 4-205.12. Food stamp coupon allotment disregarded.
- § 4-205.13. Enumerated income disregarded.
- § 4-205.13a. Treatment of payment for costs of work participation.
- § 4-205.14. Determination of GPA need standard.
- § 4-205.15. Standards for inclusion in TANF assistance unit.
- § 4-205.16. Contribution guidelines for nonassistance unit children.
- § 4-205.17. Definitions.
- § 4-205.18. Child’s eligibility.
- § 4-205.19. Application; assignment of rights for child support.
- § 4-205.19a. Redetermination of eligibility.
- § 4-205.19b. Job search and job readiness requirements for TANF applicants.
- § 4-205.19c. Failure to comply with job search and job readiness requirements for TANF applicants.
- § 4-205.19d. Work participation requirements for TANF recipients.
- § 4-205.19e. Failure to comply with work requirements for TANF recipients.
- § 4-205.19f. Sanctions.
- § 4-205.19g. Exemptions.
- § 4-205.19h. Administration of job search, job readiness, work, and self-sufficiency activities.
- § 4-205.19i. Nondiscrimination against TANF and POWER applicants and recipients.
- § 4-205.19j. Health and safety standards for TANF and POWER recipients.
- § 4-205.19k. Workers’ compensation for TANF recipients.
- § 4-205.19l. Nondisplacement by TANF recipients.
- § 4-205.19m. Reporting requirements.
- § 4-205.19n. Family assessment plan.
- § 4-205.20. Parental absence by reason of imprisonment.
- § 4-205.21. Eligibility standards for children of unemployed parents.
- § 4-205.22. Availability of stepparent.
- § 4-205.23. Obligations of custodial relatives other than parents.
- § 4-205.24. Eligibility requirements for alien children.
- § 4-205.25. Eligibility determined prospectively.
- § 4-205.26. Procedure for public and medical assistance application.
- § 4-205.27. Failure to determine eligibility within time requirement.
- § 4-205.28. Income application in determining need for family receiving more than 1 assistance payment.
- § 4-205.29. Income status of loans and grants.
- § 4-205.30. Definitions.
- § 4-205.31. Application for benefits required.
- § 4-205.32. Establishment of net payment received.
- § 4-205.33. Treatment of lump-sum payments and settlements.
- § 4-205.34. Treatment of accrued statutory benefits.
- § 4-205.35. Failure of recipients to report promptly.
- § 4-205.36. Work incentive allowances disregarded.
- § 4-205.37. Standard for income and resource determination.
- § 4-205.38. Availability of income and resources.
- § 4-205.39. Earned income.
- § 4-205.40. Resources in kind.
- § 4-205.41. Emergency applicant may retain automobile.
- § 4-205.42. Definitions relating to incapacity and disability.
- § 4-205.42a. Eligibility for General Public Assistance.
- § 4-205.43. Participation in labor dispute; pregnancy.
- § 4-205.44. Amount.
- § 4-205.45. Standard for requirements exceptions.
- § 4-205.46. Meal standard.
- § 4-205.47. Nursing care standard.
- § 4-205.48. Standards of assistance adopted and applied.
- § 4-205.49. Special living arrangements.
- § 4-205.50. Costs of training and employment.
- § 4-205.51. Denial of monthly benefits.
- § 4-205.51a. TANF Universal Service Delivery Model.
- § 4-205.51b. Annual comparative review.
- § 4-205.52. Determination of amount of public assistance payments for assistance unit; standards of assistance enumerated.
- § 4-205.53. Reconsideration of grants; modification of amount; duty of recipient to notify Mayor of change of circumstances; grants under General Public Assistance Program for Unemployables.
- § 4-205.54. TANF assistance unit monthly report.
- § 4-205.55. Timely and adequate notice of action to discontinue, etc., assistance.
- § 4-205.56. Information from source other than recipient.
- § 4-205.57. Consequences of failure to request hearing or submit additional information to clarify eligibility.
- § 4-205.58. Consideration of additional information.
- § 4-205.59. Effect of pending hearing.
- § 4-205.60. Benefits pending hearing.
- § 4-205.61. Definitions.
- § 4-205.62. Establishment of a Demonstration Project.
- § 4-205.63. Eligibility for public assistance; home living requirement.
- § 4-205.64. Failure to meet home living requirement; notice.
- § 4-205.65. Eligibility for public assistance; learnfare.
- § 4-205.66. Failure to meet school attendance requirements; notice.
- § 4-205.67. Expansion of Jobs Opportunities and Basic Skills and Alternative Work Experience Programs.
- § 4-205.68. Duties of the Mayor.
- § 4-205.69. Denial of assistance for fraudulent misrepresentation of residency.
- § 4-205.70. Denial of assistance for fugitive felons and probation and parole violators.
- § 4-205.71. Granting TANF benefits to drug felons.
- § 4-205.72. POWER — Establishment; eligibility.
- § 4-205.72a. POWER — Additional eligibility.
- § 4-205.73. POWER — Application.
- § 4-205.74. POWER — Medical review.
- § 4-205.75. POWER — Redetermination of eligibility.
- § 4-205.76. POWER — Participation in activities to assist in achieving self-sufficiency.
- § 4-205.77. POWER — Failure to participate in self-sufficiency activities.
- § 4-205.78. POWER — Amount of assistance.
- § 4-205.79. POWER — No creation of an entitlement.
- § 4-205.80. POWER — Medicaid eligibility.
- § 4-205.81. Diversion payments.
- § 4-205.82. Provision of information concerning the Earned Income Credit.
- § 4-206.01. Authorized; limitation.
- § 4-206.02. Crisis Assistance and Service Program.
- § 4-206.03. Emergency Shelter Family Services Program.
- § 4-206.04. Family Emergency Services Program.
- § 4-206.05. Emergency shelter allowances.
- § 4-207.01. Policy.
- § 4-207.02. Authority to establish.
- § 4-207.03. Rules.
- § 4-207.04. Appropriations.
- § 4-208.01. Determination by Mayor; method of payment.
- § 4-208.02. Supplemental payments.
- § 4-208.03. Underpayment corrections.
- § 4-208.04. Amount of assistance payable.
- § 4-208.05. Repayment by GPA recipient.
- § 4-209.01. Investigation of applicants; issuance of identification cards; distribution of checks.
- § 4-209.02. Adverse action not permitted for refusal to allow entry into home or permit inspection thereof.
- § 4-209.03. Notification of adverse action not permitted.
- § 4-209.04. Confidentiality of information.
- § 4-210.01. Right to hearing; notification of right.
- § 4-210.02. Grounds; objectives of hearing process.
- § 4-210.03. Hearing officers.
- § 4-210.04. Notification of right to request hearing and method of making request.
- § 4-210.05. Request for hearing.
- § 4-210.06. Hearing involving medical issues.
- § 4-210.07. Procedures for administrative review of request.
- § 4-210.08. Time, date, and place of hearing.
- § 4-210.09. Time limit on requests.
- § 4-210.10. Hearing procedure enumerated.
- § 4-210.11. Findings, conclusions, and recommendations by hearing officer.
- § 4-210.12. Final decision by Mayor’s agent.
- § 4-210.13. Notification of decision and right to judicial review.
- § 4-210.14. Right to request hearing while absent from District.
- § 4-210.15. File of hearing decisions.
- § 4-210.16. Class action permitted; correction or change in policy, construction, or interpretation.
- § 4-210.17. Confidentiality.
- § 4-210.18. Notice provisions of § 4-205.54 applicable.
- § 4-210.19. Assistance received during pendency of decision.
- § 4-211.01. Home repairs — Run-down premises.
- § 4-211.02. Home repairs — Protection of District interest.
- § 4-211.03. Home repairs — Federal financial participation.
- § 4-211.04. Moving costs permitted.
- § 4-211.05. Authorization of payment for moving costs.
- § 4-211.06. Prompt payment of disregarded sum.
- § 4-212.01. Payment to incapacitated recipient.
- § 4-212.02. Protective or vendor payments on behalf of dependent children.
- § 4-212.03. Protective payments on behalf of adult recipients.
- § 4-213.01. Action for support.
- § 4-213.02. Income scale exemptions.
- § 4-213.03. Basis for computation of contribution.
- § 4-213.04. Dependents defined.
- § 4-213.05. Noncompliance by relative.
- § 4-213.06. Verification of ability to contribute.
- § 4-214.01. Claim of District against estate of recipient; lien in favor of District; payment of share to United States.
- § 4-214.02. Funeral expenses — Payment permitted.
- § 4-214.03. Funeral expenses — Indigent residents; wards of District.
- § 4-214.04. Funeral allowance.
- § 4-215.01. Prohibition; immunity from legal process.
- § 4-216.01. Mayor to prescribe regulations.
- § 4-217.01. Requirements for benefits.
- § 4-217.02. Types of placement.
- § 4-217.03. Administration of benefits.
- § 4-217.04. Federal financial participation.
- § 4-217.05. Determination of need.
- § 4-217.06. Monies applied to purchase of essential article.
- § 4-217.07. Condition of eligibility — Social Security number; assignment of support rights.
- § 4-217.08. Condition of eligibility — Cooperation in identifying and locating parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support payments, and other payments.
- § 4-217.09. Condition of eligibility — Exception to cooperation.
- § 4-217.10. Condition of eligibility — Effect of failure to comply.
- § 4-217.11. Condition of eligibility — Protective or vendor payments.
- § 4-218.01. Fraud in obtaining public assistance; repayment; liability of family members; penalties.
- § 4-218.02. Penalty for violation of § 4-218.01(b); prosecutions.
- § 4-218.03. Unauthorized use of identification card.
- § 4-218.04. Prosecutions; subpoenas; witness fees; perjury; compulsion of obedience to subpoena; oaths.
- § 4-218.05. Penalties.
- § 4-218.06. Suspension, revocation, or denial of a business license or permit.
- § 4-219.01. Authorization.
- § 4-219.02. Disbursement of expenses.
- § 4-220.01. Nonrevival of previously repealed or superseded laws, acts, regulations, Commissioner’s orders, Commissioners’ orders, and administrative orders; effect of amendments.
- § 4-220.02. Nonabatement of causes of action.
- § 4-220.03. No new rights or entitlements created; exception.
- § 4-221.01. Severability.
- § 4-251.01. Definitions.
- § 4-251.02. Establishment of program to provide subsidies for grandparent caregivers.
- § 4-251.03. Eligibility.
- § 4-251.03a. Transfer of subsidy.
- § 4-251.04. Subsidies.
- § 4-251.05. Reports.
- § 4-251.06. Rules.
- § 4-251.07. Construction.
- § 4-261.01. Definitions.
- § 4-261.02. Categorical eligibility for food stamps.
- § 4-261.03. LIHEAP Heat and Eat initiative.
- § 4-261.04. Locally funded minimum benefit.
- § 4-261.21. Implementation of transitional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits.
- § 4-261.22. Implementation of simplified self-employment deduction.
- § 4-261.23. Reporting.
- § 4-271.01. SOAR Pilot Program.
- § 4-301. Adoption subsidy payments.
- § 4-302. Powers of Mayor regarding custody, placement and adoption of dependent children.
- § 4-321. Definitions.
- § 4-322. Findings.
- § 4-323. Purposes.
- § 4-324. Medical assistance.
- § 4-325. Compacts authorized.
- § 4-326. Contents of compacts.
- § 4-327. Optional contents of compacts.
- § 4-328. Federal participation.
- § 4-341. Legislative findings.
- § 4-342. Definitions.
- § 4-343. Establishment of the Adoption Incentive Program; purpose.
- § 4-344. Establishment of the Adoption Voucher Fund.
- § 4-344.01. Establishment of the Adoption Support Fund.
- § 4-345. Benefits.
- § 4-346. Administration of the Adoption Incentive Program and the Adoption Voucher Fund.
- § 4-361. Post-adoption contact agreement.
- § 4-401. Definitions.
- § 4-402. Day care program authorized; funding system for child development facilities.
- § 4-402.01. Funding for day care provided by D.C. Public Schools.
- § 4-403. Payment of full cost by Department.
- § 4-404. Supplemental payments by Department.
- § 4-404.01. Supplemental payments by the Mayor.
- § 4-405. Schedule of payments by parents.
- § 4-406. Responsibility of Department for payment.
- § 4-407. Collection of overpayments.
- § 4-408. Waiver of overpayments.
- § 4-409. Contracts with licensed child development centers; payment for services.
- § 4-410. Payments to child development homes and to in-home caregivers.
- § 4-411. Standards for in-home care.
- § 4-412. Compliance with District regulation.
- § 4-413. Monitoring day care services; publication of procedures; compliance with federal regulations.
- § 4-414. Authorization of grants to develop satellite child development home programs.
- § 4-415. Comprehensive child development programs.
- § 4-501. Definitions.
- § 4-502. Establishment of a Crime Victims Compensation Program.