District of Columbia B 24-0517: Senior Resident Living Facility Unit Improvement Assistance Act of 2021

Bill Text

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Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. 3
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A BILL 9
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12
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To require the District of Columbia Housing Authority to provide improvement 15
assistance to senior residents of living facilities to paint their housing units. 16
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 18
act may be cited as the “Senior Resident Living Facility Unit Improvement Assistance Act of 19
2021”. 20
Sec. 2. Definitions. 21
For the purposes of this act, the term “living facilities” refers to: 22
(1) An entity whether public or private, that combines housing, health, and personalized 23
assistance for the support of individuals who are unrelated to the owner or operator of the entity; 24
Sec. 3. Establishment of the requirement to provide improvement assistance to senior 25
resdients of living facilities to paint their housing units. 26
(a) DCHA shall require and enforce that any living facility operating in the District 27
of Columbia designate personnel to aid senior residents of the living facility to paint their 28
housing unit. 29
(b) Any senior resident of a living facility shall be rendered aid to paint their housing unit 30
upon request. 31

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Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement. 32
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 33
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 34
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D. C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 35
Sec. 5. Effective date. 36
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 37
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as 38
provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 39
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the district of 40
Columbia Register. 41