SR24 - Addressing The Public Health Need On Identification Of The Appropriate Level Of Healthcare By Directing The Department Of Health To Perform A Landscape Analysis Of Urgent Care Centers In The State.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Nicole Poore
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
This resolution recognizes the States role in assisting the general public in accessing the right level of medical care efficiently and effectively and, specifically, the growing role of urgent care centers in alleviating the burden on the overall healthcare system. The resolution directs the Delaware Department of Health to perform a comprehensive landscape analysis of urgent care centers and submit recommendations on how best to educate the public on choosing the appropriate healthcare setting and the consideration of the development of an Advanced Urgent Care model. This report is due to the General Assembly by January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR153 - Designating May 2024 As "small Business Month" In The State Of Delaware.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
David L. Wilson, Jesse Rawlins Vanderwende, Darius Brown
Last updated 7 months ago33 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution designates May 2024 as "Small Business Month" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR201 - Establishing The Public Education Funding Commission.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Laura Sturgeon, Kimberly Williams, Elizabeth Lockman
Last updated 5 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution establishes the Public Education Funding Commission to continue the comprehensive review of public education funding for all students and populations served by district and charter schools, develop a roadmap of recommendations to implement improvements to the public education funding system, and serve as an ongoing body to review the funding annually and recommend updates and changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Residential Landlord-tenant Code.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Bryan Townsend, Kyra L. Hoffner, Marie Pinkney
Last updated over 1 year ago33 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 1. Like Senate Bill No. 1, this Act creates a right to representation for tenants in evictions and other landlord-tenant actions.
STATUS
Passed
SB8 - An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Debt.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Spiros Mantzavinos, Kimberly Williams, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated about 1 year ago17 Co-Sponsors
This Act is the second substitute for Senate Bill No. 8. Like Senate Bill No. 8 and its first substitute, this Act protects patients from unfair debt collection practices for medical debt, including prohibiting large health care facilities from charging interest and late fees, requiring facilities to offer reasonable payment plans, limiting the sale of debt to debt collectors unless an agreement is made to keep protections in place, providing minimum time before certain collections actions may be taken, limiting liability for the medical debt of others, and preventing the reporting of medical debt to consumer credit reporting agencies for at least one year after the debt was incurred. Violations of the provisions of this Act are considered Prohibited Trade Practices and Consumer Fraud violations. Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill No. 8 differed from Senate Bill No. 8 as it required large health-care facilities to provide information to uninsured patients regarding eligibility and the application process for medical assistance. This information must be provided at the time of service or prior to discharge and again with each billing statement. It also created a minimum threshold for eligibility for payment plans, and it reduced the timeframe in which a bill under a payment plan may be first due. The first substitute also defined medical assistance and time of service, which were not defined in Senate Bill No. 8.
STATUS
Passed
SB208 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Negligence Insurance And Litigation.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Spiros Mantzavinos, William G. Bush, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated 3 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
This bill amends Chapter 68 of Title 18, related to medical negligence insurance and litigation, to repeal those provisions of the law that are expired or that are no longer used as a matter of practice in medical negligence litigation.
STATUS
Passed
SB106 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Maternal Mental Health.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Kyle Evans Gay, Elizabeth Lockman, Krista Griffith
Last updated about 2 months ago24 Co-Sponsors
This Act modernizes and expands the concept of maternal mental health by replacing the definition of maternal depression with the more encompassing definition of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. This Act contemplates treatment for any caregiver who may be affected by perinatal mood and anxiety disorder. This Act avoids use of gender-based pronouns as recommended by the Legislative Drafting Manual.
STATUS
Passed
SCR64 - Establishing The Non-acute Long-stay Patient Task Force To Study And Make Findings And Recommendations Regarding The Needs And Options Of Non-acute Hospital Patients In Need Of Transfer To A Lower Acuity Care Setting.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Nicole Poore, Kerri Evelyn Harris, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated over 1 year ago7 Co-Sponsors
This concurrent resolution establishes the Non-Acute Long-Stay Patient Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations regarding the needs and options of non-acute Long-Stay hospital patients in need of transition to a more appropriate care setting. Long-Stay is defined as patients that have been in the hospital for 15 days or more and no longer have an acute medical need warranting hospitalization. These individuals are awaiting transition because access to a more appropriate care setting is unavailable. This means there are individuals in acute medical hospital beds that no longer need to be, but various barriers such as lack of insurance coverage, delayed authorization or guardianship, barriers to admission into behavioral health facilities or long-term care, and more, are preventing them from acute medical hospital discharge. This unnecessarily increases health care costs and can have a negative impact on the patients who are missing out on getting the specialized care they need at a more appropriate care facility. This also means longer wait times for other patients in hospital emergency rooms as there is less bed availability. This concurrent resolution establishes a task force to study and make recommendations on these issues.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR152 - Recognizing The Month Of May 2024 As "healthy Vision Month" In The State Of Delaware.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
David G. Lawson, William J. Carson, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated 7 months ago27 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the month of May 2024 as "Healthy Vision Month" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB334 - An Act To Amend Title 11 And Title 28 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Unlawful Discharge Of Firearms.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Nicole Poore, Cyndie Romer
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
This bill amends Chapter 5, Title 11 of the Delaware Code related to the unlawful discharge of firearms within the State. The bill recognizes the potential danger of such discharges which occur during target shooting and other related firearm skill events when in proximity to neighboring residences and businesses, thereby increasing the risk of injury or death. The bill includes language to allow discharge of firearms under certain conditions, including the use of an artificial or natural barrier, allows for less required distance for archery equipment, and exempts lands designated as training areas by the Department of Natural Resources, the Delaware National Guard, the Department of Corrections, or other law enforcement agency which are primarily used for the training of firearms and firearm safety. This bill is consistent with safety zone language associated with legal hunting as stated in Title 7 of the Delaware Code § 723.
STATUS
Introduced
SB288 - An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Counties.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Kyra L. Hoffner, William G. Bush
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
The Act allows the Kent County Levy Court to impose a lodging tax not greater than 3% in Kent County.
STATUS
Introduced
SB287 - An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Auditor Of Accounts.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Laura Sturgeon, Stell Parker Parker Selby, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated about 2 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
This Act clarifies the Auditor of Accounts duties and powers by amending § 2901 of Title 29 to define audit to include performance audits, and by amending §§ 2906 and 2909 of Title 29 to change "postaudit" to "audit." This Act also clarifies that audits must be conducted using standards issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
STATUS
Passed
SCR198 - Recognizing June 2024, As "alzheimers And Brain Awareness Month" In The State Of Delaware.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Spiros Mantzavinos, Kendra Johnson, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated 5 months ago17 Co-Sponsors
This resolution recognizes June 2024, as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month and urges all Delawareans to wear purple to help spread awareness of Alzheimer's and all other dementias.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB27 - An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Limitation Of Actions For Work, Labor, Or Personal Services.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Laura Sturgeon, John Walsh, Edward S. Osienski
Last updated over 1 year ago17 Co-Sponsors
This Act increases the statute of limitations for filing an action for recovery upon a claim for unpaid wages from 1 year to 2 years, making it consistent with the statute of limitations under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201, et seq. Many employees who are terminated spend the first period of unemployment attempting to secure other employment. After this focus on finding employment ends, 1 year may have passed or be about to pass, preventing employees who are owed wages from a previous employer from seeking legal redress.
STATUS
Passed
SCR122 - Designating The Week Of March 11 Through March 15, 2024, As Civic Learning Week In Delaware.
Delaware - 152nd General AssemblyIntroduced by
Sarah McBride, Kimberly Williams, Sherry Dorsey Walker
Last updated 8 months ago32 Co-Sponsors
This resolution designates the week of March 11 through March 15, 2024, as Civic Learning Week in the State of Delaware to encourage schools and civic organizations to hold educational programs regarding civic duty and urge Delawareans to reflect upon the importance of their civic duty and responsibilities.
STATUS
Engrossed
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