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| Passed by a vote of 13-0 in a meeting of the
Committee of the Whole on March 6, 2001. Chairman Linda W. Cropp A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to articulate the Sense of the Council and its position on the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation ("PBC") and the District of Columbia General Hospital. RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That his resolution may be cited as the "Sense of the Council on the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation and D. C. General Hospital Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2001 ". Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate crisis regarding the provision of health care services to its most vulnerable residents. (b) The PBC is expected to exhaust its funds by mid-March. (c) The District is currently negotiating to contract with Greater Southeast Community Hospital for the provision of health care services in lieu of the PBC. (d) The Council has raised, and continues to express, strenuous concerns with respect to efficacy of privatizing these services. (e) In order to articulate the Council's concerns formally and collectively, the Sense of the Council on the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation and D. C. General Hospital Emergency Resolution of 2001 must be adopted immediately. Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstance making it necessary that the Sense of the Council on the District of Columbia Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation and D. C. General Hospital Emergency Resolution of 2001 be adopted on an emergency basis. Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. |
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