Saint Elizabeths Hospital Corporation Act

Summary

Saint Elizabeths Hospital Corporation Act - Creates the Saint Elizabeths Hospital Corporation to administer Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Sets forth the powers of the Corporation. Provides for the transfer of functions and property from the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Specifies the duties of the Corporation, among them: (1) to assure that high-quality mental health care is provided by Saint Elizabeths Hospital; (2) to achieve full accreditation of Saint Elizabeths Hospital at the earliest possible time; (3) to work toward integration of services for the mentally ill in the District of Columbia, (4) to provide for separate facilities and staff for the treatment of the criminally insane; and (5) to sell or lease any land or building it determines to be unnecessary for the operation and expansion of Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Directs that a comprehensive plan for the operation of Saint Elizabeths Hospital be prepared by the Board, and that the plan be submitted to Congress, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Mayor and City Council of the District of Columbia. Directs the National Capital Planning Commission to prepare and transmit to the Board, a land use plan for the land area transferred to the Board. Specifies that certain reports be prepared by the Board, and be filed with Congress, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Mayor and City Council of the District of Columbia. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make available to the Board such sums as may be necessary for the renovation and restoration of certain historic buildings at Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Authorizes appropriations for construction and operating expenses.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 February 1977

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