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State of Passed in the First Session of the 143rd Delaware General Assembly |
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Bill Number |
Description |
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Re-establishes
and continues the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. |
Signed
Into Law |
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Amends the Delaware
Prescription Drug Payment program (DPAP) to ensure that, like the Nemours
prescription benefit, the Medicare benefit will be the primary source of
benefits for those who are eligible for it, but allows for Medicare
participants who are otherwise eligible for DPAP assistance to cover gaps
left by the Medicare program, including co-pays, premiums, and prescription
costs when necessary. |
Signed
Into Law |
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Enables the Board of Podiatry
to issue licenses to podiatric physicians who are participating in a residency
program in this state. The license is temporary in nature and valid only for
the period of residency or a maximum of 2 years with one renewal. Subsection
513(e) relating to licensure while waiting to take the Podiatric Medical
Licensing Examination (PMLEXIS) is eliminated as unnecessary. |
Signed Into Law 02/01/06 |
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Requires
those who are authorized to write drug prescriptions (podiatrists,
dentists, physicians, physician’s assistants, advanced practice nurses,
optometrists and veterinarians) to write them legibly so that
pharmacists filling them can do so accurately and thereby avoid potential
harm to the consumers thereof. The regulatory boards of those professions
would enforce these provisions just as they do other requirements of those
professions. |
Signed Into
Law |
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Directs the Director of the
Division of Public Health to establish a sterile needle and syringe exchange
pilot program in the City of |
Signed Into Law |
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Increase the minimum wage from $6.15 per hour to $6.65 per hour effective January 1,
2006, and from $6.65 per hour to $7.15 per hour effective January 1, 2007. |
Signed Into Law 06/28/06 |
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Adds nieces
and nephews as those who may act as alternative decision maker for an
individual as it relates to consent for elective surgery. |
Signed Into Law |
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Increase the number of public
members on the 16 member Board of Medical Practice from 5 to 7, and
thereby increase public participation in the Board. This bill also requires
that Board members receive more information about cases that are closed
without a hearing. And the bill eliminates a provision which gives the
Executive Director and President of the Board the authority to close cases
through counseling. |
Signed Into Law |
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Creates a
system of intrastate mutual aid between participating political
subdivisions and fire, rescue, and emergency medical service provider
organizations within the State of |
Signed
Into Law |
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Creates a Fetal and Infant
Mortality Review (FIMR) process in |
Signed Into Law 06/01/06 |
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Amends Title
24 of the Delaware Code relating to the practice of Dentistry and Dental
Hygiene. This new Section makes the retention and disposition of
dental records consistent with the similar provisions in the Medical
Practices Act which deal with patient medical records. |
Signed
Into Law |
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Amends Title
24 of the Delaware Code relating to the practice of Occupational Therapy. |
Signed
Into Law |
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Amend Title
16 of the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware Health Resources Board.
This Act implements the recommendations for statutory changes adopted by the
Joint Sunset Committee. |
Signed Into
Law |
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Amend Chapter 37, Title 24 of the
Delaware Code relating to Speech/Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and
Hearing Aid Dispensers. |
Signed Into Law |
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Allows a designation
on a |
Signed
Into Law |
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Protects
active duty military, activated reservists, or members of the National Guard
from having their professional licenses expire during active military
deployments. |
Signed
Into Law |
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Provides the Child Death,
Near Death and Still Birth Commission access to certain medical and mental
health records. |
Signed Into Law |
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Moves the government oversight of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to the Department of Insurance. |
Signed Into Law |
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Increases the maximum benefit under the Prescription Drug Payment
Assistance Program to assist eligible
individuals in the purchase of prescription drugs and the payment of certain
Medicare Part D costs from $2,500 to $3,000. |
Signed Into Law |
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Prevents a nursing facility from transferring an individual
to an acute care facility and then refusing to accept the individual back as a resident. The
bill also grants the Division of Long
Term Care Residents Protection (DLTCRP) the authority to revoke the
certificate of a certified nursing assistant. It also gives the DLTCRP the limited authority to obtain the hospital records of a
resident of a nursing facility in cases where the resident’s care and
treatment at the facility is under investigation or review by the DLTCRP. |
Signed Into Law |
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Deletes the Delaware Health Care
Coalition from the Delaware Health Information
Network (DHIN) Board of Directors and replaces it with the Secretary of
the Department of Technology and Information. |
Signed Into Law |
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Adds reciprocity to the Chemical Dependency Professionals Subchapter under Title 24, Chapter 30. The bill also clarifies the criteria that
must be met for a licensure to be in good standing for reciprocity purposes. |
Signed Into Law |
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Requires recommended HIV testing for women in the third
trimester of pregnancy who are deemed to be at high risk for acquiring
HIV. |
Signed Into Law |
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Amends Title 24 relating to the Medical Practice Act to make technical
corrections to insert language required by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation with regard to obtaining criminal
history checks. |
Signed Into Law |
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Allows the Boards of accountancy,
landscape architecture, architects, podiatry,
chiropractic, cosmetologists, barbers and aestheticians, dental examiners, electrical
examiners, medical, plumbing examiners,
nursing, occupational therapy,
examiners of optometry, 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 bodywork, athletic agent
examiners, and manufactured home installation to waive convictions substantially related to the professions under
certain conditions. The bill also
makes some technical corrections regarding SB 229 enacted by the 142nd
General Assembly. |
Signed Into Law |
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SJR
8 with SA 1 |
Extends the period of time that
the Division of Public Health has to promulgate regulations bearing
on home health agencies. |
Signed
Into Law |
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Creates a Health Service Corporation Task Force to
examine Delaware’s Health Service Corporation Statute and to determine
if the Statute is fulfilling its original intent and is benefiting |
Senate
– Passed |
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Bill
Number |
Description |
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Allows the
State Fire Prevention Commission to extend the suspension of an ambulance
attendant or EMT's certification to allow for a
hearing, when that ambulance attendant or EMT was initially suspended by an
Emergency Medical Services Medical Director. The Act also allows for Judicial
Review of a decision by the Commission to suspend a certificate when the
ambulance attendant or EMT no longer meets qualifications. |
Signed
Into Law |
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Allows a pharmacist
to put on the drug container label the symptom or purpose for the drug
being prescribed, but only if a practitioner, as part of the prescription,
indicates that the patient or their authorized representative so requests or
consents to that information being on the label. |
Signed Into Law |
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Promotes patient safety and safe
medication practices by limiting activities that require clinical and
technical knowledge to a pharmacist or to a pharmacy intern or pharmacy
student under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. The Bill
promotes efficiency within pharmacy operations by allowing pharmacists to
delegate non-clinical activities to pharmacy support personnel. |
Signed Into Law 05/15/06 |
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Establishes a
Volunteer License category for qualified dentist and dental hygienist
who volunteer their time in non-profit dental clinics or non-profit dental
services within the State which are approved by the Delaware Health Care
Commission and approved by the Board of Dental Examiners. |
Signed
Into Law |
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Reorganizes
and revises the Medical Practices Act pursuant to the recommendations
of the Joint Sunset Committee. |
Signed
Into Law 07/12/05 |
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Requires that
all immunizations administered to children less than eight years of age or
pregnant women contain no more than trace amounts of mercury because of the potential harmful effects
it may have. |
Signed
Into Law |
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HB
116 with HA 1, HA1 to HA1, HA2 to HA1, HA3 to HA1, HA4 to HA1, and HA6 to HA1 |
Requires an
individual or a commercial entity that conducts business in Delaware and that
owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information
to notify a resident of Delaware of any breach of the security of the system
immediately following the discovery of a breach in the security of personal
information of the Delaware resident whose unencrypted personal information
was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized
person. |
Signed
Into Law 06/28/05 |
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Expands to medical
malpractice insurance carriers the existing duty to report settlements
and jury verdicts of medical malpractice cases to the Insurance
Department. |
Signed
Into Law 07/07/05 |
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Broadens
the definitions of “abuse” and “neglect” used by
Delaware’s Adult Abuse Registry to include acts of abuse and neglect committed against all
infirm adults, regardless of whether they are patients or residents of a
licensed facility. |
Signed
Into Law 07/12/05 |
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Under this
Bill, a primary supervisor of a Delaware State Trooper whose life has been
taken in the line of duty will have the full cost of a basic individual
contract of health care coverage paid for by the State of Delaware as
long as that person is a primary survivor. This bill has been made
retroactive to cover the family of Corporal Christopher Shea who lost his
life while serving the State of Delaware. |
Signed
Into Law 07/07/05 |
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This Act, known as the Personal
Assistance Services Agency Act, establishes a system through which
minimum standards of consumer protection, abuse reporting, and service
evaluation are adopted and enforced by personal assistance service agencies
and the DHSS Division of Public Health. It requires that each caregiver
is subjected to a criminal history record investigation and that the terms,
scope, and duration of service are documented by the agency. |
Signed Into Law 06/27/06 |
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Removes the
expiration date of June 30, 2005 for the Interstate Nurse Licensure
Compact. |
Signed
Into Law 06/28/05 |
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Eliminates the Sunset Provision
of the Safe Arms for Babies Act passed in 2001. |
Signed Into Law |
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Establishes the |
Signed Into Law 01/26/06 |
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The Act
establishes a requirement that every hospital in the State perform universal
newborn and infant hearing screening activities. This Act also
provides that such screening shall be covered by health insurance policies
issued in Delaware. |
Signed
Into Law 07/07/05 |
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This Act
establishes a Board of Professional Counselors of Mental Health, Chemical
Dependency Professionals, and Marriage and Family Therapists to license
and regulate therapists, counselors, and similar practitioners. |
Signed
Into Law 06/30/05 |
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Creates an Occupational
Health Program within the Division of Public Health to assess hazards in
the workplace in Delaware. |
Signed
Into Law 06/30/05 |
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Extends the Delaware Healthy
Children Program to include dental health care for children enrolled in
the program. |
Signed Into Law |
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Allows the Delaware Department of
Health and Social Services, the Health Care Commission, or any contractor
working on behalf of these entities access to certain data for compiling
statistics regarding supply and demand, and projections of licensed health
care professionals. The Act also requires the subsequent report to be
provided to the Division of Professional Regulation. |
Signed Into Law 02/01/06 |
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Amends Title 24, Chapter 35 of
the Delaware Code relating to the Board of Examiners in Psychology.
Provides that the doctorate degree of an applicant applying for licensure
through reciprocity must be in the field of Psychology as is currently
required of an applicant by direct licensure. |
Signed Into Law |
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Makes the membership of the advisory
committee on ambulance service better reflect the organizations providing
ambulance service in |
Signed Into Law 04/04/06 |
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Amends Titles
1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, and
31. Establishes the Office of Management and Budget and
transfers selected Divisions and other organizational units under this new
Office. This bill affects the Division of Professional Regulation. |
Signed
Into Law 06/30/05 |
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Amends the Patients’
Trust Fund to conform to Social Security Regulation 20 CFR Section
404.2045, and to the Cash Management Policies of the State. The Act also
requires that interest earned on Patients’ Trust Funds be credited
monthly to the Patients’ individual accounts. |
Signed Into Law 06/01/06 |
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Allows the Bureau of
Health Planning and Resources Management, located within the
Division of Public Health, to charge fees to cover the cost incurred
by the Bureau in administering the |
Signed Into Law |
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Permits the operation and/or administration of a |
Signed Into Law 06/20/06 |
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Amends the Delaware Statute to
allow open sympathetic and compassionate
communication between health care providers, patients, and their families. |
Signed Into Law |
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Amends Title 24 to allow
a practitioner to give a patient drugs without return value, but must
the practitioner must label them in accordance with this section of the Code. |
Signed Into Law |
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Requires health insurance
carriers subject to State regulation to continue
coverage for adult children under a pre-existing family policy or adult and
dependent coverage until those children turn 24 years of age, provided
the children either live in |
Signed Into Law |
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Stops the unfair practice of non-practicing, out-of-state Doctors of
Chiropractic becoming licensed in |
Signed Into Law |
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Requires criminal background checks for applicants seeking licensure as
registered and licensed practical nurses in the State of |
Signed Into Law 06/28/06 |
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Establishes
the Delaware National Guard and Military Reservist Health Insurance Support
Group to promote acceptance of the military medical insurance programs. |
House - Passed |
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Requests that the
Department of Health and Social Services to apply for Federal funds for
promotion of awareness and prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. |
House – Passed |
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Designating February as American Heart Awareness
Month and Recognizing the Go Red for Women Movement in |
House – Passed Senate – Passed |
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Establishes a Blue
Ribbon Task Force to investigate and make recommendations thereto as to the
feasibility of developing a C2H60 Ethanol plant and delivery system
within the State of |
House – Passed |
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Creates a Task Force to
review and evaluate healthcare associated infections and submit its
findings to the Speaker of the House by March 31, 2006. |
House – Passed |
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Establish a Task Force to
review the use of Ritalin by school age students and submit a report
to the Speaker of the House by April 30, 2006. |
House – Passed |
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Urges the Secretary of Labor to reconvene the |
House - Passed |
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Establish a Task Force to review service needs for adults
on the autism spectrum who are not currently supported by any adult service
agency. The Task Force shall
report its findings to the House of Representatives on or before |
House – Passed |
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Establish a Task Force to study mental health issues
for the citizens of the State of |
House – Passed |
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Creates the Health Insurance Entities Task Force to
examine |
House - Passed |
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