--- kind: "section" citation: "24 U.S.C. § 225d" title: "24" title_heading: "Hospitals and Asylums" number: "225d" heading: "Transition provisions for employees of Hospital" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/24/225d" units: - "Chapter 4 — Saint Elizabeths Hospital" - "Subchapter III — Mental Health Service for District of Columbia" --- # §225d. Transition provisions for employees of Hospital - (a) **Retirement opportunity—** Employees of the [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) directly affected by the assumption of programs and functions by the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government who meet the requirements for immediate retirement under the provisions of [section 8336(d) of title 5](/usc/5/8336.md?p=d) shall be accorded the opportunity to retire during the 30-day period prior to the assumption of such programs and functions. - (b) **Specific number and types of positions; transfer to District employment—** - (1) The [system implementation plan](/usc/24/225a.md?p=8) shall prescribe the specific number and types of positions needed by the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government at the end of the [service coordination period](/usc/24/225a.md?p=6). - (2) Notwithstanding [section 3503 of title 5](/usc/5/3503.md), employees of the [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) shall only be transferred to [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) employment under the provisions of this section. - (c) **Retention list; reemployment priority list; right-of-first-refusal; retention registers; employee appeals—** - (1) While on the retention list or the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) or Federal agency reemployment priority list, the [system implementation plan](/usc/24/225a.md?p=8) shall provide to [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) employees a right-of-first-refusal to [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) employment in positions for which such employees may qualify, (A) created under the [system implementation plan](/usc/24/225a.md?p=8) in the comprehensive [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) mental health system, (B) available under the Department of Human Services of the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4), and (C) available at the District of Columbia General [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1). - (2) In accordance with Federal regulations, the [Secretary](/usc/24/225a.md?p=2) shall establish retention registers of [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) employees and provide such retention registers to the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government. Employment in positions identified in the [system implementation plan](/usc/24/225a.md?p=8) under [subsection (b)](#b) shall be offered to [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) employees by the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) government according to each such employee’s relative standing on the retention registers. - (3) Employee appeals concerning the retention registers established by the [Secretary](/usc/24/225a.md?p=2) shall be in accordance with Federal regulations. - (4) Employee appeals concerning employment offers by the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) shall be in accordance with the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978. - (d) **Federal agency reemployment priority list; right-of-first-refusal; Department of Health and Human Services; separation; maintenance of lists; District agency reemployment priority list; refusal of employment offer; acceptance of nontemporary employment—** - (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of the [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1), while on the Federal agency reemployment priority list, shall have a right-of-first-refusal to employment in comparable available positions for which they qualify within the Department of Health and Human Services in the Washington metropolitan area. - (2) If necessary to separate employees of the [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) from Federal employment, such employees may be separated only under Federal reduction-in-force procedures. - (3) A Federal agency reemployment priority list and a displaced employees program shall be maintained for employees of the [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) by the [Secretary](/usc/24/225a.md?p=2) and the Office of Personnel Management in accordance with Federal regulations for Federal employees separated by reduction-in-force procedures. - (4) The [Mayor](/usc/24/225a.md?p=3) shall create and maintain, in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/24/225a.md?p=2), a [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) agency reemployment priority list of those employees of the [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) on the retention registers who are not offered employment under [subsection (c)](#c). Individuals who refuse an offer of employment under [subsection (c)](#c) shall be ineligible for inclusion on the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) agency reemployment priority list. Such reemployment priority list shall be administered in accordance with procedures established pursuant to the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2–139). - (5) Acceptance of nontemporary employment as a result of referral from any retention list or agency reemployment priority list shall automatically terminate an individual’s severance pay as of the effective date of such employment. - (e) **Contracts; mental health services; preferences—** Any contract entered into by the District of Columbia for the provision of mental health services formerly provided by or at the [Hospital](/usc/24/225a.md?p=1) shall require the contractor or provider, in filling new positions created to perform under the contract, to give preference to qualified candidates on the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) agency reemployment priority list created pursuant to [subsection (d)](#d) of this section. An individual who is offered nontemporary employment with a contractor shall have his or her name remain on the [District](/usc/24/225a.md?p=4) agency reemployment priority list under [subsection (d)](#d) for not more than 24 months from the date of acceptance of such employment. ## Source credit (Pub. L. 98–621, § 6, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3374.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### References in Text The District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, referred to in subsecs. (c)(4) and (d)(4), is D.C. Law 2–139, Mar. 3, 1979, which is not classified to the Code. ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Continued Coverage Under Certain Federal Employee Benefits Programs for Certain Employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital For provisions relating to treatment of certain Federal employees of Saint Elizabeths Hospital under certain Federal employee benefit programs, see section 207(o) of Pub. L. 99–335, set out as a note under section 8331 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.