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145th Delaware General Assembly
January 2009 to June 2009
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This page lists health care related and health care industry related
legislation passed in the 1st Session of the 145th General Assembly.
| Bill Number |
Description |
Status |
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SS1
for SB 35 with SA 1 |
Amends
Title 18 of the Delaware Code to grant the Delaware
Department of Insurance the same ability to review health
insurance premium rates that it now has for auto,
homeowners, and all other lines property and casualty insurance. |
Signed Into Law
07/06/2009 |
|
SB
38 |
Amend
Title 19 of the Delaware Code regarding Workers'
Compensation Medical Payment System. |
Signed Into Law
07/06/2009 |
|
SB
44 with SA 1 |
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. |
Signed Into Law 06/28/10 |
No Position |
|
SB
47 with SA 1 |
Amends
Title 16 of the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Health
Statistics Center by designating the number of members to be
appointed to the Hospital Discharge Technical Advisory
Committee and provides specific terms of service.
The bill also clarifies the appointments to the Committee are
made by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social
Services. |
Signed Into Law
06/26/2009 |
|
SB
56 with SA 1 |
Creates a
Heavy Vehicle Weight Law Task Force to analyze
the ramifications of restricting the weight of trucks operating
in Delaware to the vehicle manufacture's gross vehicle weight
rating. The bill also delays implementation of the current
law, which is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2010,
until July 1, 2011. |
Signed Into Law
07/30/2009 |
|
SB
59 with SA 3 |
Updates
the Building Code requirements for energy
efficiency. |
Signed Into Law
07/29/2009 |
|
SB
65 with SA 2 |
Allows parents of children with severe disabilities
with private dental insurance to secure dental care for
this disabled child irrespective of in-network restrictions
and promotes the availability of in-network
practitioners willing and able to treat such children. |
Signed Into Law
06/25/2009 |
|
SB
86 |
Makes
testing of pregnant women for HIV included in
the standard battery of tests administered for all pregnant
women. |
Signed Into Law
07/06/2009 |
|
SB
105 |
Provides
an effective date that allows the Acupuncture Advisory
Council to be established, promulgate rules, and issue
licenses before an acupuncturist is required under law to be
licensed two years after the law takes effect. |
Signed Into Law
07/06/2009 |
|
SB
106 with SA 2 |
Creates
Entergy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS)
and sets goals for consumption and peak demand for electricity
and natural gas utilities. The Act also creates an eleven
member Workgroup of representatives of affected interests to
assist in developing the regulations necessary to administer the
program and monitor its success. |
Signed Into Law
07/29/2009 |
|
SB
109 |
Amends
Title 16 of the Delaware Code by outlawing Salvinorin A
and includes it as a Schedule 1 controlled substance
with other hallucinogenic substances. |
Signed Into Law
07/06/2009 |
|
SB
110 |
Amends
Title 16 of the Delaware Code by converting the criminal action
for failure to comply with mandatory reporting of
suspected child abuse into a civil action with
financial penalties. |
Signed Into Law
07/08/2009 |
|
SB
111 |
Amends
Title 29 of the Delaware Code relating to Notaries
Public. |
Signed Into Law
07/16/2009 |
|
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. |
Signed Into Law 07/14/10 |
No Position |
|
SB
115 with HA 1 |
Amends
Title 6 of the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware
False Claims and Reporting Act to meet the guidelines
set forth by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for Delaware to
receive a 10% increase above the State share in all Medicaid
fraud recoveries. This Act also streamlines and updates
the procedures for investigating and litigating false claims
cases by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The Act also
provides a posting requirement for employers to post a summary
of the Act. |
Signed Into Law
07/16/2009 |
|
SB
121 |
Amends
Titles 6, 9, 18, 19, 25, and 29 of the Delaware Code by
adding the term "sexual orientation" to the already existing
list of prohibited practices of discrimination in housing,
employment, public works contracting, public accommodations, and
insurance. Also see HB 5. |
Signed Into Law
07/02/2009 |
|
SB
122 with SA 1 |
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. |
Signed Into Law 06/15/10 |
No Position |
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SB 138 with SA 2 |
Permits physician's assistants,
who are supervised by licensed physicians, and advance
practice nurses, who are employed by or who have a
collaborative agreement with a licensed physician, in
addition to physicians to sign applications and renewal
applications for license plates, and temporary and permanent
parking permits for persons with disabilities.
Also see SB 70. |
Signed Into Law
07/06/2009 |
|
SB
156 |
Amends
Title 19, Chapter 33 relating to Unemployment
Compensation Extended Benefits Program. |
Signed Into Law
06/24/2009 |
|
SB
160 |
Makes the
plumbing code for all three Counties uniform by requiring the
adoption and enforcement of the International Plumbing
Code. |
Signed Into Law
08/21/2009 |
|
SB
164 |
Amends the Boards of Accounting, Landscaping,
Architecture, Architects, Podiatry,
Chiropractic, Cosmetology & Barbering and Aestheticians,
Dental Examiners, Electrical Examiners, Plumbing/HVACR
Examiners, Nursing, Occupational
Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical
Therapists and Athletic Trainers, Professional Land
Surveyors, Dietetics/Nutrition, Real Estate
Commission, Real Estate Appraisers, Mental Health and
Chemical Dependency Professionals, Funeral Services,
Veterinary Medicine, Psychology, Geology,
Speech Pathologists, Audiologists, and Hearing Aid
Dispensers, Clinical Social Work Examiners,
Nursing Home Administrators, Massage
and Body Work, and Manufactured Home Installation
to waive convictions substantially related to the
profession by either a hearing or a review of documentation to
determine whether applicants meet the specified criteria for a
waiver. Other technical corrections are made to
include making definitional sections and waiver language. |
Signed Into Law
08/18/2009 |
|
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. |
Signed Into Law 02/01/10 |
No Position |
|
SB
174 |
Amends
Title 16 of the Delaware Code relating to Uniform
Controlled Substances Act. The Office of
Controlled Substances is under the authority of the Department
of State and handles regulatory inspections and administrative
matters dealing with controlled substances. The Office of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs is under the authority of the
Department of Safety and Homeland Security and enforces the
criminal Code relating to controlled substances. This bill
clarifies the Code sections under Title 16, Chapter of the
Delaware Code by clearly delineating the authority of the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Safety and Homeland
Security. |
Signed Into Law
07/10/2009 |
|
SB
176 |
Extends
the deadline to October 1, 2010 for the Universal
Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pad Committee to
establish a Statewide tamper-resistant prescription form with
specified criteria to eliminate or significantly reduce
prescription fraud. |
Signed Into Law
07/13/2009 |
|
SB
178 |
Amends
Title 11 of the Delaware Code relating to abuse of prescription
drugs and controlled substances. The bill creates
a new offense which makes it a crime to be in possession of a
blank prescription form or pad if you are not a practitioner as
defined in this section. It also makes it a crime to take
exercise control over, produce, or reproduce transfer, use,
give, or sell a prescription form or pad of a practitioner with
the intent to deprive him or her of it. |
Signed Into Law
07/13/2009 |
|
SB
181 |
Amends
Title 16 by removing the sunset provision of the
Delaware Health Resources Board - Certificate of Public Review
program. |
Signed Into Law
07/08/2009 |
|
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. |
Signed Into Law 03/31/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 212 with SA 1, SA 2,
& SA 3 |
Amends Title 9 relating to New Castle County
and grants power to include a surcharge on any
application for a building permit application to
provide funding for volunteer fire companies. |
Signed Into Law 05/21/2010 |
Oppose, Unless Amended to Cap
Surcharge |
|
SB 229 |
Amends Title 11 related to Crimes
Against Children. The
bill implements one of the recommendations made in the Final
Report of the Independent Review of the Earl Brian Bradley Case
which was commissioned by the Governor and was issued on May 10,
2010. The Act clarifies who is in a “position of trust,
authority or supervision over a child” and may therefore be
subject to the enhanced penalties associated with the crimes
defining sexual abuse of children.
This Act also consolidates
those provisions of the present criminal code concerning rape
and unlawful sexual conduct that contain “position of trust”
enhancement as a single crime known as "sexual abuse of a child
by a person in a position of trust, authority or supervision."
This Act further applies the "position of trust" category to
other acts of sexual abuse that do not currently have any
enhancement when perpetrated by a person in a "position of
trust," including sexual extortion, sexual harassment, and
indecent exposure. Lastly, the Act makes the necessary changes
to related sex offender registration and sentencing provisions. |
Signed Into Law 06/30/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 231
with SA 1 |
Amends Title 16 relating to the
Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) by moving the
DHIN from the Delaware Health Care Commission and moving toward
a more traditional public/private corporation model of
governance. The bill also
provides for accountability, transparency, audits, reports to
the Governor and General Assembly, and board representation. |
Signed Into Law 07/12/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 232 |
Ensures that when a professional
licensing board revokes or suspends a license at a hearing,
the revocation or suspension shall be effective immediately.
However, the Bill also requires that a written order must be
served within 30 days after the hearing date. |
Signed Into Law 07/12/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 233 |
Mandates that the Board of Medical
Practice shall adopt rules and regulations establishing
guidelines for the
imposition of discipline against physicians and the members of
other professions regulated by the Board. The Bill gives the
Board one year from the date of enactment to adopt these rules
and regulations. |
Signed Into Law 07/12/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 235
with SA 2 |
Amends Title 16 by creating
the Delaware Prescription
Monitoring Act. The
program will monitor prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II,
III, IV, and V controlled substances and other drugs of concern
by the Office of Controlled Substances of the Division of
Professional Regulation.
It requires dispensers to submit certain information regarding
the dispensing of controlled substances, which will be compiled
into a database that can be accessed by physicians and other
prescribers to provide them additional information about their
patient’s history of controlled substance use.
The database will also assist law enforcement and
regulatory boards in the investigation of unlawful use of
controlled substances.
The bill also creates criminal penalties for unlawful disclosure
of prescription information.
The Office of Controlled Substances is required to
provide the General Assembly with an annual evaluation of the
program. |
Signed Into Law 07/15/10 |
Support |
|
SB 236 |
Amends Title 24 relating to
Qualifications of Psychologists.
The bill removes the provision that allows for the
registration of Psychological Assistants who hold their Masters
degree that is “based on a program of studies that is
psychological in content and specifically designed to train and
prepare Psychologist, but who is not working toward full
licensure as a Psychologist.”
Pursuant to the bill, a Psychological Assistant must have
completed all the course requirements for a doctoral degree in
psychology. A grandfather
provision is included for existing Registered Psychological
Assistants who maintain their registration.
The change limits Psychological Assistants to those
people who meet the experience requirement under §3508(a)(2) for
full licensure as a psychologist. |
Enacted Into Law Without The Governor's Signature on
07/17/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 254
with SA 1 |
Amends Title 16 and Title 29 relating to
nursing facilities and similar facilities.
The bill will create a
State Civil Penalty Trust Fund.
Currently all sanctions which are imposed as a result of
the surveys and complaint investigations of this Division are
placed in the Long Term
Care Residents Trust Fund (LTCRTF), which is governed by
very restrictive Federal regulations.
It is not compulsory to put the revenue derived from
State sanctions into the LTCRTF, but that has been our practice.
By splitting the money and creating a fund which receives
civil penalties imposed pursuant to State Statutes and
regulations, the Division will be better able to support
community based residential efforts while at the same time
taking care of long term care needs with the LTCRTF. |
Signed Into Law 06/28/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 259
with SA 1 & SA 2 |
Amends Title 24 relating to Licensing of
Genetic Counselors. The bill
establishes a new subchapter in Chapter 17 of Title 24.
It defines the practice of genetic counseling and
specifies the grounds for obtaining the license to practice
genetic counseling. It
also sets out the grounds for disciplining a licensee and makes
the unlicensed practice of genetic counseling a Class G felony. |
Signed Into Law 06/30/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 260
with HA 1 |
Amends Title 10 relating to the
Delaware Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
The bill adopts the Uniform Interstate Depositions and
Discovery Act (UDDA), promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission
in 2007. The goal of UDDA
is to simplify and standardize the current patchwork of
procedures across the various states for deposing a witness for
purposes of out-of-state litigation. |
Signed Into Law 07/12/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 262 |
Amends Title 10 and Title 11 relating to
Unsworn Foreign Declarations.
The bill adopts the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act
(UUFDA) promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission in 2008.
Declarations of persons abroad are routinely received in
state and Federal courts and agencies.
Many of the declarations are affidavits and other
documents sworn to by declarants before authorized officials in United
State
embassies and consulate offices.
Affiants in foreign countries with information relevant
to U.S. proceedings or transactions typically visit
the U.S.
consular office to finalize their affidavit or statement in a
manner similar to a person with the U.S.
visiting a notary public. |
Signed Into Law 07/02/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 268 |
Amends Title 24 relating to the adoption and enforcement of a
unified heating,
ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration code, the
international mechanical code, and the international fuel gas
code. |
Signed Into Law 07/15/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 275
with SA 2 |
Amends Title 24 relating to Health Care Practices.
The bill authorizes and requires the Delaware Board of
Medical Practice to
require doctors applying for licensure or re-licensure to
present service letters from health care facilities though which
they have had direct access to patients, or admitting, or staff
privileges, attesting to their good character.
The letters would contain information, if it exists,
about any reasonably substantiated incidents involving violence,
threats of violence, abuse, or neglect toward any other person,
including any disciplinary action taken as a result of such
conduct. Health care
organizations or facilities providing the service letters would
be immune from civil liability regarding any disclosures of
information and their consequences and may not be made the
subject of any libel or slander action by the person to whom the
letter applies. |
Signed Into Law 07/30/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 286 |
Amends Title 24 regarding
the Board of Nursing by (1) allowing representation on the Board by a nurse educator, (2)
eliminates the need of a quorum to issue a written decision
previously determined by a quorum of the Board, and (3) creates
a waiver provision for the licensure endorsement of licensed
practical nurses. |
Signed Into Law 07/23/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 287
with SA 1 |
Amends Title 19 relating to
Workers’ Compensation by clarifying that
volunteer HAZMAT team
members who are operating under the authority of DNREC are
no longer employed by private industry continue to be members of
the HAZMAT team and as such remain eligible for workers’
compensation coverage while assisting DNREC in a volunteer
capacity during a HAZMAT incident. |
Signed Into Law 07/12/10 |
No Position |
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SB 291
with SA 1 |
Amends Title 16 relating to Nursing and Similar Facilities by
requiring the Division of
Long Term Care Residents Protection to post online the results
of its surveys of nursing facilities and eliminates the
obligation of the Division to conduct a follow-up meeting
after every survey of a nursing facility and replaces it with an
obligation to conduct such meetings upon request by the
facility, a resident, or a resident’s family member or agent. |
Signed Into Law 07/15/10 |
No Position |
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SB 296
with SA 1 |
An Act to Amend the Board of
Medical Practice. This bill rewrites the Medical Practice
Act and renames the Board of Medical Practice to the Board of
Licensure and Discipline. |
Signed Into Law 06/30/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 297
with SA 1 |
Amends Titles 16 and 24 relating to the
reporting of Abuse and Unprofessional Practice.
The bill clarifies the mandatory reporting of child abuse
or neglect applies to all persons and specifically includes
institutions such as hospitals, nursing homes, and the Medical
Society. |
Signed Into Law 06/30/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 298 |
Amends Title 24 relating to the
imposition of fines by the Board of Medical Practice. |
Signed Into Law 06/30/10 |
No Position |
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SB
300 |
Amends Title 16 relating to Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention.
The bill creates a formal screening process so children
at high risk for lead exposure can receive an additional
screening test at 24 months of age, while children at
lower risk will continue to receive only the currently required
screening at 12 months of age. |
Signed Into Law 07/15/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 303 |
Amends Title 29 relating to the Division of Long Term Care Residents
Protection. The Division
has the authority to regulate nursing assistant training
programs and the bill allows for sanctions for
non-compliance with statutes and regulations, and authority to
publish the pass rates of the training programs.
The bill also provides that individuals flagged on the
Delaware Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Registry
should have their certification suspended or revoked, depending
on circumstances. |
Signed Into Law 07/12/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 306 with SA 1 |
Amends Title 20, Chapter 31, relating to Emergency Management. Currently,
including during the recent snowstorms, when the Governor
restricts vehicles from the State’s roadways due to unsafe
conditions, a criminal sanction is the only available penalty
for drivers who are caught by law enforcement on the roads. This
legislation would create a three-tiered driving restriction system for future storms or
other emergencies: A Level 1 Driving Warning with no
penalties, a Level 2 Driving Restriction with motor vehicle
violations and a Level 3 Driving Ban for the most severe
conditions with the current criminal sanctions under 20 Del. C.
§ 3125. Additionally, the bill provides that an employer may not
terminate, reprimand or in any way discipline an employee for
failing or refusing to report to work during a Level 3 Driving
Ban. During a Level 2 Driving Restriction, an employer who
requires an employee, who has not been pre-designated as
essential personnel, to report to work shall be liable for the
expenses incurred as a result of any emergency response to
remove the employee, a passenger and/or the motor vehicle that
becomes inoperable on the State’s roadways. |
Signed Into Law 07/30/10 |
No Position |
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SB 307 |
Companion bill to Senate
Bill 306 which creates a 3-tiered driving restriction system for future storms or
other emergencies. A person who violates a Level 2 Driving
Restriction or Level 3 Driving Ban pursuant to §3116(b)(12),
Title 20 of the Delaware Code shall be guilty of Operation of a
Motor Vehicle During an Emergency and will be fined no less than
$25.00 nor more than $115.00. A person convicted of a subsequent
offense shall be fined no less than $50.00 nor more and $200.00,
or imprisoned for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days, or
both. |
Signed Into Law 07/27/10 |
No Position |
|
SB 323 |
Amends Title 24, Chapter 17 by clarifying the definition of
acupuncture. Section
2 of this Bill allows acupuncture detoxification specialists to
be licensed to perform the limited auricular point protocol for
treatment of alcoholism, nicotine dependency, substance abuse,
or chemical dependency. Acupuncture detoxification specialists
are subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Medical Practice
and the Acupuncture Advisory Council. |
Signed Into Law 07/27/10 |
No Position |
|
SCR
16 |
Expresses
the sense of the Delaware General Assembly that ensuring the
availability of adequate housing is an essential component of an
effective strategy for prevention and treatment of HIV
and the care of individuals with HIV. |
Senate - Passed
House - Passed |
|
SCR
22 |
Encourages
all Delaware hospitals with other healthcare facilities within
the State of Delaware to adopt the national color
standards for patient alert wristbands if they have not
already done so. |
Senate - Passed
House - Passed |
|
SCR 32 |
Recognizes the health concerns
related to Bisphenol A, an industrial chemical regularly
used in the plastics industry, urges Delawareans to take
reasonable steps to reduce exposure to Bisphenol A, and supports
efforts to develop alternatives to its use in food and drink
packaging. |
Senate - Passed
House - Passed |
No Position |
|
SCR 33 |
Recognizing May 2010 as Melanoma and Skin Cancer
Detection and Prevention Month. |
Senate - Passed
House - Passed |
No Position |
|
SCR 34 |
Recognizes the week of June 1-7, 201 as
National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External
Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week in Delaware. |
Senate - Passed
House - Passed |
No Position |
|
SJR 3
with SA 1 |
The bill designates the entire State of Delaware as a
Healthcare Innovation Zone. |
Senate - Passed
House - Passed
Signed by Governor Markell 07/27/10 |
No Position |
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Delaware House of Representatives Bills:
To view the bill and the current status, click on the bill number.
| 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. |
Signed Into Law 03/25/10 |
Support |
|
HB
36 |
Clarifies the role of the Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.
(CLASI), designated for the past 30 years as Delaware's
protection and advocacy agency pursuant to Federal law, in
protecting patients and residents in nursing and similar
facilities. |
Signed Into Law
08/24/2009 |
|
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. |
Signed Into Law 07/15/10 |
No Position |
|
HB
38 |
Adds protections to the mental
hospitals and residential centers covered by the Mental Health
Patient's Bill of Rights Act to report deaths and critical
incidents to the State Protection & Advocacy Agency
which is authorized by Federal law to investigate such
occurrences. Also see
HB 34 and
HB 163. |
Signed Into Law
08/24/2009 |
|
HB
39 |
Statutory
anti-retaliation and protective provisions for
patients and others applies to licensed long-term care
facilities. This bill applies such protections to
all patients and employees at the Delaware Psychiatric Center
(DPC). |
Signed Into Law
08/24/2009 |
|
HB
41 with HA 1 |
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. |
Signed Into Law 07/15/10 |
No Position |
|
HB
44 with HA 1 |
Establishes a Delaware Burn Camp to help young
people who have suffered severe burns deal with the physical and
emotional issues arising from such injuries. |
Signed Into Law
04/30/2009 |
|
HB
49 |
Relating
to the resolution of disputes in the Court of Chancery |
Signed Into Law
04/02/2009 |
|
HB
85 with HA1 & SA 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. |
Signed Into Law 07/15/10 |
No Position |
|
HB
112 with HA 1 |
Amends Title 16, Chapter 10, of the
Delaware Code regarding Patient Visits, Power of
Attorney, Advanced Health-Care Directives, and similar documents.
Also see HB 75. |
Signed Into Law
06/18/2009 |
|
HB
118 with HA 1 & SA 1 |
Provides
that if an entity requires a pharmacy to submit
a request for payment electronically, then the
pharmacy or its designated agent may choose to be reimbursed
electronically without a processing fee. |
Signed Into Law
07/06/2009 |
|
HB
135 with HA 1 & SA 1 |
Permits
the Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene to grant a
limited license to a Director or Chairperson of a Hospital
Dental or Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department and its
associated residency programs, who would be permitted
to train and teach future practitioners in dentistry or oral and
maxillofacial surgery. |
Signed Into Law
08/26/2009 |
|
HB
139 with HA 1 |
Extends Delaware's Children's
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to include reduced-cost
health insurance coverage for families with personal incomes
above 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. Also see
SB 18
& HB 22. |
Signed Into Law
08/27/2009 |
|
HB
159 with HA 1, HA 1 to HA 1, HA 2, SA 1 & SA 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. |
Signed Into Law 04/27/10 |
Amend - Language is narrow,
intent is unknown |
|
HB
165 with HA 1 & SA 1 |
Permits
the Department of Health and Social Services to provide online
access to the names and nature of the conduct committed by those
persons who are actively listed on the Adult Abuse
Registry as a result of substantiated findings of
abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation. |
Signed Into Law
06/30/2009 |
|
HB
170 |
Amends
Title 19 of the Delaware Code relating to Unemployment
Compensation. The changes make Delaware eligible
to receive additional Federal Unemployment money under The
Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act. |
Signed Into Law
07/01/2009 |
|
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. |
Signed Into Law
02/01/10 |
Support |
|
HB
199 with HA 2 |
Requires private health insurers in Delaware to covers the
developmental screenings for infants and toddlers that
are recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the
Delaware Early Childhood Council. |
Signed Into Law
08/27/2009 |
|
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. |
Signed Into Law
01/26/10 |
No Position |
|
HB
211 |
Increases
the tax on cigarettes from $1.15 to $1.60 per
20-cigarette pack. |
Signed Into Law
07/01/2009 |
|
HB
237 with HA 1 |
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. |
Signed Into Law 07/09/10 |
No Position |
|
HS
1 for HB
247 with HA 1, HA 2, & HA 4 |
Amends
Titles 6, 25, and 29 of the Delaware Code relating to
Consumer Protection. |
Signed Into Law 06/10/10 |
Support |
|
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 |
No Position |
|
HB
249 |
Requires a
pharmacy to provide pharmacy records to persons who
request their records. |
Signed Into Law
02/01/10 |
No Position |
|
HS
1 for HB 262 |
Amends
Titles 9 and 29 of the Delaware Code relating to Governmental
Records Management. The bill increases the current
State surcharge on each document or paper recorded or filed with
the county recorders from $6 to $30. The
increases would be effective August 1, 2009. |
Signed Into Law
07/01/2009 |
|
HS
1 for HB 263 |
Amends
Title 16, Chapter 66, of the Delaware Code relating to
Fire Marshall fees for plan reviews, permits, license, and
certificates. |
Signed Into Law
07/01/2009 |
|
HB
275 |
Amends the Family and Medical
Leave Act for Colonial School District teachers.
Also see HB 157. |
Signed Into Law
07/21/2009 |
|
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. |
Signed Into Law
01/26/10 |
No Position |
|
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.
|
Signed Into Law 05/18/10 |
Support |
|
HB 304
with HA 1 |
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. |
Signed Into Law 05/21/2010 |
Support |
|
HB 323
with HA 1 |
Amends Title 12 of the Delaware Code regarding the
disposition of a persons last remains. This bill
applies to military service members. |
Signed Into Law 06/15/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 326
with HA2 & SA 1 |
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. |
Signed Into Law 07/13/10 |
Support |
|
HB 338
with HA 1 |
Amends Title 11 by
authorizing a sentencing court to
modify, defer, reduce, or
suspend a minimum or mandatory sentence
of one year or less if it
finds the person to be sentenced has serious and ongoing medical
treatment needs which makes incarceration inappropriate and
the person does not pose a substantial risk to the community.
The Department of Corrections has authority (11
Del.
C. §4217) to request the modification of an inmate’s sentence
based on medical illness or infirmity. This Act would give Delaware’s courts similar authority in
imposing sentences, but only where the sentence required is for
1 year or less. Minimum and mandatory sentences for virtually
all violent crimes would not be eligible for modification under
this Act because the sentences required for such crimes exceed
one year. |
Signed Into Law 06/22/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 341 |
Amends Title 8 relating to the General Corporation Law
specifically relating to
non-stock corporations. |
Signed Into Law 05/03/10 |
No Position |
|
HS 1 for HB 348
with HA 3 |
Amends Title 11 by creating
a new criminal offense,
Crime Against a Vulnerable Adult, which imposes
enhanced penalties in more than 50 criminal offenses if the
victim is a vulnerable or infirm adult.
|
Signed Into Law 07/16/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 351
with SA 1 |
Amends Title 31 by creating the Delaware Aging and
Disability Resource Center within the Division of Aging
and Adults with Physical Disabilities of the Department of
Health and Social Services, replacing the current Elder Care
Information and Support System for Delaware Families. The
Center will provide support for the elderly and adults with
physical disabilities by combining existing Alzheimer's specific
information into the program and supporting future Federal grant
applications for Center projects. |
Signed Into Law 05/14/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 368 |
Amends Title 21 relating to
motor vehicles and commercial driver licenses.
The bill brings Delaware Code into compliance with the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) commercial
driver license (CDL) program. |
Signed Into Law 06/28/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 408 |
Requires the destruction of any tobacco products forfeited for
violations of §5342 of Title 30, which prohibits the
possession of more than 10 packs or packages of untaxed tobacco.
|
Signed Into Law 07/02/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 420
with HA 1 & SA 1 |
Amends Title 18 by prohibiting the practice of
post-claims underwriting by health insurers, as defined
in Title 18 of the Delaware Code. |
Signed Into Law 08/30/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 433 |
Amends Title 10 relating to Choice of Law and Choice of Forum.
This bill authorizes parties voluntarily to agree to have a member of the Superior
Court arbitrate or mediate a business dispute regarding disputes
about significant contracts or commercial matters.
Specifically excluded are cases involving consumers. |
Signed Into Law 07/27/10 |
No Position |
|
HS
1 for HB 435 with HA 1 & HA 2 |
Amends Title 24 relating to the Board of Chiropractic
by preventing unreasonable deductibles, copayments, or
coinsurance charges for chiropractic care. Also see
HB 416. |
Signed Into Law 07/30/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 440 |
Amends Title 16 relating to Informed Consent and Confidentiality.
Delaware’s
Confidentiality of Personal Health Information Statute
prevents Delaware Health and Social Services (DHSS) from
engaging in activities permitted under Federal HIPAA.
This bill carves out four narrow exceptions which would
allow DHSS to release protected health information for law
enforcement activities, pursuant to court order, for patient care
and coordination, and for healthcare business operation, as
permitted under HIPAA. |
Signed Into Law 07/15/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 456
with HA 3 & HA 4 |
Amends Title 24 relating to the
treatment of minors by physicians under the Medical Practice Act
by requiring a chaperon to be present when child is
disrobed, partially disrobed, or otherwise undergoing certain
physical examinations. |
Signed Into Law 06/30/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 457 |
Amends Titles 11, 24, and 29 relating to
training on child sexual and physical abuse, exploitation and domestic
violence, and the mandatory reporting thereof. |
Signed Into Law 06/30/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 458 |
Amends Title 24 relating to the Medical Practice Act by
changing the physician
licensure and renewal requirements. |
Signed Into Law 06/30/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 459
with HA 1 |
Amends Titles 24 and 29 relating to the
Medical Practice Act and the Board of Medical Practice. |
Signed Into Law 07/01/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 464
with HA 1 |
Amends Title 16 Chapters 64, 66, 66B, and 71A by
updating obsolete language and procedures and clearly defines
the specific powers and duties of the State Fire
Prevention Commission, the Office of the State Fire Marshall,
and the
State Fire
School. |
Signed Into Law 07/27/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 481 with HA 1 |
Amends Title 24 relating to the
Board of Dental Examiners.
The bill incorporates all of the changes recommended by
the Joint Sunset Committee.
|
Signed Into Law 07/30/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 485 |
Amends Title 11 by defining the
Division of Professional Regulation as a criminal justice agency
for purposes of Chapters 85 and 86.
As a result, the Division will be granted greater access
to information maintained by the State Bureau of Identification
and Delaware Criminal Justice Information System (DELJIS).
The Division will also be required to promulgate
regulations mandating the Division’s reporting of certain
information with respect to investigations and complaints that
involve alleged criminal conduct into the Criminal Justice
Information System (CJIS), an integrated criminal justice
information system that supports electronic sharing of criminal
justice information among the criminal justice community. |
Signed Into Law 06/30/10 |
No Position |
|
HB 488
with HA 2 |
Amends Title 16 relating to
plumbing permits by clarifying the $100 fee assessed by the
Division of Public Health for plumbing permits applies solely to
new construction. |
Signed Into Law 07/27/10 |
No Position |
|
HB
493 |
Amends Title 21 relating to rules of the road by
providing a exemption for a person using a two-way communication device
mounted or attached to a motor vehicle during their course of
employment with a business or government entity while talking to
a central dispatch, base of operation, or with other employees
of such business or government entity. |
Signed Into Law 07/06/10 |
|
|
HB
494 with HA 1 |
Amends Title 21 relating to rules of the road by
excluding two-way radio communications devices with a fixed placement in
the vehicle from the list of prohibited devices. |
Signed Into Law 07/06/10 |
|
|
HCR
18 |
Establishes the Delaware National Guard and Military
Reservist Health Insurance Support Group continue, as a
permanent body, working to promote acceptance of military health
insurance by physicians and health care facilities in this
State. |
House - Passed
Senate - Passed |
|
HCR 36 |
Expresses the General
Assembly’s support of the Employer Support of the Guard
and Reserve (ESGR) Statement of Support Program,
encourages all Delaware employers to execute an ESGR
Statement of Support, and requests the Department of Labor place
a link on its
webpage to the online statement of support form. |
House - Passed
Senate - Passed |
No Position |
|
HCR 38 |
Designates Saturday, May 1,
2010, as Brain Tumor Awareness Day in the State
of Delaware. |
House - Passed
Senate - Passed |
No Position |
|
HCR 40 |
Designating the month of May
2010 as Older Americans
Month. |
House - Passed
Senate - Passed |
No Position |
|
HCR 47 |
Recognizing May 2010 as Huntington's Disease Awareness
Month in Delaware. |
House - Passed
Senate - Passed |
No Position |
| HCR
53 |
Recognizes June 15, 2010 as Delaware Elder Abuse
Awareness Day. |
House - Passed
Senate -Passed |
No Position |
|
HR 45 |
Recognizing May 12, 2010 as Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
in Delaware. |
House - Passed |
Support |
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