PR 26-0292 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Contract No. DCRL-2024-C-0051 with The Hospital for Sick Children Pediatric Center Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

This bill approves a $3.66 million contract with The Hospital for Sick Children Pediatric Center (HSC) to provide inpatient care for medically fragile youth in the District of Columbia’s Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) program. It consolidates prior letter contracts (DCRL-2024-C-0051, DCRL-2025-C-0022, and DCRL-2025-C-0040) into a single definitive agreement covering services from August 2024 through August 2025. The resolution is classified as an emergency to comply with District law requiring Council approval for contracts exceeding $1 million, ensuring HSC can be paid for services already provided. The measure directly affects CFSA youth requiring specialized pediatric care, enabling continued access to hospital services without interruption.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Sub-Topics: Children's Health Hospitals

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2025

Committee Review

Sep 2025

Council Passage

Sep 2025

Signed into Law

Sep 2025

Introduced Sep 16, 2025 Signed Sep 17, 2025

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Introduction → Enrollment · 5 edits

MODERATE

The document transitioned from a Mayor's cover letter to the Council to the official enrolled resolution text. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, with minor formatting adjustments and some numerical corrections to contract modification details. The core purpose of authorizing emergency funding for pediatric care services is unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Removed the Mayor's cover letter, signature block, and address information as these are not part of the final enrolled legislation text.

Corrected contract modification amounts and dates in Section 2, changing M001 decrease from $7,504.62 to $7,504.62 (no change) but fixing M002 increase from $62,519.25 to $69,519.25 and adjusting related contract totals accordingly.

Changed letter contract reference from DCRL-2025-C-0022 to DCRL-2025-H-0022 in Section 2(e), and from DCRL-2025-C-0040 to DCRL-2025-H-0040 in Section 2(f), likely correcting contract numbering errors.

Added 'Council of the District of Columbia' to Section 3 for clarity and consistency with the resolution header.

Changed 'Honorable Phil Mendelson' reference to 'Council' in Section 2(h) to align with the resolution's formal language rather than the cover letter's addressee.

Floor votes · Council Sep 17, 2025

How they voted

13–0

Passed

Total votes 13

Sep 17, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Sep 17, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (13-0)

council

Sep 17, 2025

Committee

Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee on Youth Affairs

legislature

Sep 16, 2025

Introduced

PR26-0292 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors