B 24-0366 — Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Emergency Amendment Act of 2021

2ENROLLED ___________________________ORIGINAL CouncilmemberAN VincentACT C.__________________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________ To amend, on an emergency basis, the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act of 2010 to allow qualified volunteer health practitioners and licensed health care providers to practice in the District, notwithstanding any other provision of law or the existence of an emergency declaration, until December 31, 2021, to the extent authorized by Department of Health Administrative Order 2020-02.

Gray 5 7 9 A BILL __________________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ___________ To amend, on an emergency basis, the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act of 2010 to allow qualified volunteer health practitioners to practice in the District, notwithstanding the existence of an emergency declaration, until December 31, 2021.

Section 6(a)6 of the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act of 202,2010, effective July 1, 2010 (D.C.

Official Code § 7-2361.05(a))7-2361.05), is amended byas strikingfollows: the phrase “were licensed in the District.” and inserting the phrase “were licensed in the District;

provided(a) thatSubsection a(a) volunteeris healthamended practitionerby qualifiedstriking underthe thisphrase subsection“While mayan practiceemergency declaration is in theeffect,” Districtand toinserting the extentphrase authorized“Except byas thisprovided act,in notwithstandingsubsection whether(a-1) of this section, while an emergency declaration is in effect,effect,” untilin Decemberits 31,place. 2021.”.

(b) A new subsection (a-1) is added to read as follows:

“(a-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 5a of the District of Columbia Public Emergency Act of 1980, effective October 17, 2002 (D.C.

Law 14-194;

D.C.

Official Code § 7-2304.01) (“Public Emergency Act”), or whether an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner qualified under subsection (a) of this section or a licensed health care provider as described in section 5a of the Public Emergency Act may practice in the District until December 31, 2021, to the extent authorized by Department of Health Administrative Order 2020-02.”.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL Sec.

This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.

______________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 2