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2nd Session of the
145th Delaware General Assembly

January 2010 to June 2010

This page lists health care related and health care industry related legislation, as tracked by the Delaware Healthcare Association.

Listing of Delaware's State Senators & State Representatives Legislation passed in previous session of the General Assembly.
Legislative Terms This page last updated 02/23/2010
Delaware Senate Bills
Delaware House of Representatives Bills
Federal Legislation
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Delaware Senate Bills:

To view the bill and the current status, click on the bill number.
Bill Number Description Status
SB 17 Creates a Statewide Health Insurance Purchasing Pool to allow individuals and small business to obtain the most favorable premiums possible from the private insurance market. Senate - Health & Social Services Committee
SB 18 Removes the provision that participants in the Delaware Healthy Children's Program (CHIP) pay a premium to participate, while allowing DHSS to consider instituting minimal  co-payments for health service in order to recover a portion of the revenue lost due to the absence of premium payments.  Also see HB 22 & HB 139. Senate - Finance Committee
SB 44 Amends Title 16 of the Delaware Code regarding Delaware's Health Record Privacy Statute to allow protected health information to be released for specific health research purposes while still adhering to the Federal HIPAA Regulations. Senate - Out of Committee
SB 64 Expands Delaware's Public Assistance Code to provide urgent and preventative dental care for eligible Medicaid recipients who are pregnant or become pregnant while receiving assistance. Senate - Finance Committee
SB 66 with SA 1 Establishes a Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Prevention Program within the Division of Public Health. Senate - Finance Committee
SB 80 with SA 1, SA 2, SA 3, and SA 4 Creates the Delaware Health Consortium charged with implementing the operating of the Statewide health information network.  Note: This is not the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN). Senate - Laid on Table
SB 81 with SA 5 Requires chain restaurants to properly and completely label food choices with important nutritional information. Senate - Passed
House - Economic Development/ Banking/
Insurance/
Commerce Committee
SB 94 Creates an exception to the State's criminal laws to permit doctor-advised medical use of marijuana by patients with serious medical conditions. Senate - Out of Committee
SB 113 Creates a procedure by which youth exiting the foster care system in Delaware and who are provided services under the John H. Chafee Independence Act and/or the Fostering Connections and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, have a legal mechanism for Family Court to review the appropriateness of such services.  The bill also specifically limits any findings on the reasonableness of the services offered and coordinated by the Delaware Division of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF) to the youth, including financial, housing, medical, employment, training, education, and other appropriations made to or by the State of Delaware for this purpose.  The bill also allows ongoing representation of the youth by the Office of the Child Advocate or the Court-Appointed Special Advocate program. Senate - Finance Committee
SB 120 Amends Title 31 of the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Health Security Act.  The bill provides for a single payer health care system. Senate - Finance Committee
SB 122 Requires all Delaware Psychiatric Center employees providing direct care to patients be subject to criminal background checks and drug testing.  The drug testing provides for both pre-employment testing and testing where reasonable suspicion that an individual is impaired by an illegal drug exists. Senate - Finance Committee
SB 162 Amends Title 30 relating to Pharmacies.  The bill creates an assessment of 2% of gross receipts from any pharmacy in Delaware not participating in the Medicaid program and requires all funds collected to be deposited into a fund dedicated to Medicaid related expenses. Senate - Finance Committee
SB 169 Makes obstructing ingress to or egress from a health care facility a Class B misdemeanor. Senate - Passed
House - Judiciary Committee
SB 172 Provides an exemption from activities considered within the scope of nursing for assisting HIV/AIDS patients residing in residential group homes with self administration of medication, provided the person has successfully completed a Board-approved medication training program.  The bill would enable CNAs to perform this needed function. Awaiting Governor's Signature
SB 182 Amends Title 24 relating to Nursing.  The bill prohibits the use of the title "Nurse" unless such person is a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.  It also includes limits, titles, and abbreviations for advanced practice nurses. Senate - Passed
House - Health & Human Development Committee
SB 196 State Budget for Fiscal Year 2011. Senate - Finance Committee
SB 201 Amends Title 16, Chapter 99, of the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN).  Establishes the DHIN as a not-for-profit, public/private corporation. Senate - Public Safety Committee
SR 12 The Resolution requests the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) to provide to the Governor and the General Assembly a report containing suggested legislation by January 10, 2010, on an operation model of governance and financial sustainability model for DHIN. Senate - Health & Social Services Committee

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Delaware House of Representatives Bills:

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Bill Number Description Status
HB 3 with HA 1 Adds a representative from the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association to the Hospital Infection Advisory Board. House - Passed
Senate - Health & Social Services Committee
HB 5 with HA 1 Adds language to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation to Titles 6, 9, 18, 19, 25, and 29 of the Delaware Code.  Also see SB 121. House - Passed
Senate - Executive Committee
HB 6 Requires the Secretary of DHSS to implement a mandatory dress code for all Department employees working at the Delaware Psychiatric Center (DPC) within one year of the date of enactment of this bill. House - Health & Human Development Committee
HB 10 Makes the same-sex partner of a State of Delaware regular officer, employee, or eligible pensioner entitled to the same benefits that are provided to spouses of the State employees and pensioners.  Employees of Labor Unions, Delaware Authorities, and Commissions covered under the sections of the Code are also covered. House - Appropriations Committee
HB 18 Amends Title 19, Chapter 7, of the Delaware Code regarding Employment at Will and Protection from Wrongful Termination. House - Out of Committee
HB 22 Extends Delaware's Healthy Children Program to include reduced-cost health insurance coverage for children of families with personal incomes up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level.  Also see SB 18 & HB 139. House - Appropriations Committee
HB 24 Ensure all hazardous waste generated in this State is treated, stored, or disposed of in a safe manner that is protective of public health and environment, and in accordance to all existing and future Federal standards.  The bill also prevents hazardous waste generated in this State from being sent outside of the United States to countries where health and environmental standards may not be equal to standards in this country. House - Natural Resources Committee
HB 28 with HA 1 Allows Physician's Assistants and Nurse Practitioners to report to the Department of Motor Vehicle persons whose mental or physical conditions may interfere with the safe operation of a motor vehicle. House - Passed
Senate - Out of Committee
HB 35 Requires the Director of the Delaware Psychiatric Center (DPC) to be a Board-Certified Psychiatrist and/or a Master's level Nurse Administrator with administrative experience in behavioral health and hospital administration. House - Health & Human Development Committee
HB 37 with HA 2 Adds protections to the Mental Health Patient's Bill of Rights Act, including safeguards in administration of restraint and requirement of an enhanced patient grievance system for Delaware Psychiatric Center (DPC) patients. House - Passed
Senate - Executive Committee
HB 41 Establishes a Community Mental Health Treatment Act with rights paralleling those of patients in the substance abuse treatment system complied with Title 16, Chapter 22 of the Delaware Code. House - Health & Human Development Committee
HB 42 Creates the Delaware Psychiatric Center (DPC) Authority and removes DPC from the purview of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. House - Health & Human Development Committee
HB 60 Amends Title 14 of the Delaware Code limiting artificial trans fats in food available or served to students in public schools, including charter schools. House - Passed
Senate - Finance Committee
HB 62 with HA 3 Crease a class B felony for the crime of brandishing a deadly weapon against a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or emergency medical technician. House - Passed
Senate - Out of Committee
HB 64 Enables small businesses in the State, such as school bus contracting businesses, to participate in the State Group Health Insurance Program at no cost to the State, effective July 1, 2009. House - Out of Committee
HB 85 with HA 1 Amends Title 18 of the Delaware Code relating to small employer health insurance to compress rate variations, reduce rating factors, limits annual increases, and decreases dues to changes in health status to 15 percent, and prohibits the sale of stop-loss coverage in the small group market. House - Passed
Senate - Insurance Committee
HB 92 with HA 1 Defines a new class of occupational license for direct care workers and provides for the license fees of such direct care workers to be reduced, if the gross receipts of such direct care workers for the 12 months, beginning July 1and ending June 30, preceding the year of license application or renewal are less than $10,000 or direct care workers would be exempted if they are employed by or under contract with a Personal Assistance Services Agency (PASA). House - Passed
Senate - Finance Committee
HB 137 Requires the Insurance Commissioner to arrange for random audits of small business health insurance carriers doing business in Delaware. House - Out of Committee
HB 159 with HA 1, HA 1 to HA 1, & HA 2 Requires the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services to adopt regulations requiring at least one hour of training annually for certified, licensed, or registered healthcare providers, as well as for healthcare providers who are partially or fully funded by the State, who provide services to persons diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, or with mental illness. House - Passed
Senate - Finance Committee
HB 163 with HA 1 Creates a Death Review Committee for the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to assess deaths of individuals receiving residential services through DHSS or funded private providers.  The purpose of the Committee is to assess causation; promote improvements in policies, practices, and the service delivery system; and reduce prospects for preventable deaths.  Also see HB 34 and HB 38. House - Passed
Senate - Executive Committee
HB 184 with HA 1, HA 2, & HA 3 Requires all independent unlicensed clinical social work practitioners in Delaware to obtain a licensed for continued practice of social work.  Also see HB 125. Awaiting Governor's Signature
HB 195 Amends Title 10 of the Delaware Code relating to personal actions.  The purpose of the bill is to encourage physicians to provide medical care without compensation in an effort to provide some relief to those Delawareans who are without medical insurance and except for such service might be forced to seek medical attention in hospital emergency rooms. House - Health & Human Development Committee
HB 202 Amends Title 18, Chapter 44, of the Delaware Code with the intent of implementing changes to the Delaware Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act to ensure in a liquidation of a life and/or health insurance company licensed in Delaware that procedures are in place to ensure an organized liquidation of such company with appropriate protections for the policy holders of such company. Awaiting Governor's Signature
HB 213 Requires all Delaware licensed businesses for which a business license is required to make such license information part of their advertising. House - Economic Development/
Banking/
Insurance/
Commerce Committee
HB 219 Amends Title 31 of the Delaware Code relating to the State Public Assistance Code to make chiropractic manipulation of the spine to correct subluxation eligible for reimbursement. House - Health & Human Development Committee
HB 231 Grants working parents with 16 hours of leave each school year to attend school meetings essential to their child's education, provided the meeting cannot be scheduled during non-working hours. House Education Committee
HB 235 Grants the Board of Pharmacy the authority to establish standards and procedures for the collection, distribution, return, and redistribution of previously dispensed medications. House - Health & Human Development Committee
HB 237 Requires all newly constructed businesses and other places of public accommodations to be equipped with automatic doors to make the main entrance of such buildings accessible to persons with disabilities. House - Economic Development/
Banking/
Insurance/
Commerce Committee
HB 247 Amends Titles 6, 25, and 29 of the Delaware Code relating to Consumer Protection. House - Judiciary Committee
HB 248 Amends Title 6 of the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Charitable/Fraternal Solicitation Act of 1996. House - Economic Development/
Banking/
Insurance/
Commerce Committee
HB 249 Requires a pharmacy to provide pharmacy records to persons who request their records. Awaiting Governor's Signature
HB 285 Amends Title 12 of the Delaware Code relating to Escheat.  The bill provides an appeal process and a statute of limitations on escheat actions. House - Revenue & Finance Committee
HB 297 with HA 1 Amends Title 8 of the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware General Corporation Law.  This bill confirms existing statutes and practices related to the administration of the corporation franchise tax. Awaiting Governor's Signature
HB 298 The bill prohibits the use of hand held cell telephones by the driver of a motor vehicle while the vehicle is in motion on Delaware highways.  A civil penalty is created.  House - Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee
HB 299 Amends Title 11 of the Delaware Code relating to specific offences.  The bill includes emergency medical technicians, fire police, fire marshals, and paramedics acting in the lawful performance of duty to the group of first responders listed as special victims for assaults in the first degree and assault in the second degree.  House - Out of Committee
HB 302 Amends Title 10 of the Delaware Code relating to reporting financial exploitation of the elderly and infirm.  Under the bill, anyone who makes a good faith report to law enforcement authorities of such suspected activity is immune from criminal and civil liability for making that report.  House - Judiciary Committee
HB 304 Amends Title 11 relating to specific offenses.  The provides that a person who stands in a position of trust, authority, or supervision over a child who is at least 16 years old, but not yet 18 years old and intentionally engages in sexual intercourse or sexual penetration with such child, or an invitee or designee of such person shall have committed the offense of Rape in the 3rd degree, which is a class B felony. House - Out of Committee
HB 315 Amends Title 21 relating to driving a vehicle while under the influence by requiring mandatory use of ignition interlock devices, participation in victim's interaction sessions for first-time offenders, in-patient substance abuse treatment, continuous remote alcohol monitoring, and ongoing substance abuse testing for second-time offenders. House - Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee
HB 323 Amends Title 12 of the Delaware Code regarding the disposition of a persons last remains.  This bill applies to military service members. House - Veterans Affairs Committee.
HB 325 State Bond & Capital Improvements Act for Fiscal Year 2011. House - Capital Infrastructure Committee
HB 326 Amends Title 18 relating to healthcare medical negligence insurance and litigation.  The bill clarifies that civil actions based on sexual abuse of a patient by a healthcare provider may be filed at any time after the commission of the abuse.  The bill also creates a 2-year look back provision in cases of abuse which was unknown and could not reasonably have been discovered by the patient. House - Economic Development/
Banking/
Insurance/
Commerce Committee
HCR 1 Urges Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, which removes the secret ballot vote in choosing to form or not form a union.  Also see HR 19. House - Sticken
HCR 2 with HA 1 &  HA 2 Urges Congress and the President to enact the National Health Insurance Act. House - Out of Committee
HR 19 Urges Congress not to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.  Also see HCR 1. House - House Administration Committee

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