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SB150 - An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Dementia Care Services In Long-term Care Facilities.
Spiros Mantzavinos, Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Kendra Johnson
Last updated 4 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 150. Like Senate Bill No. 150, this Act requires included facilities have sufficient staff to meet the needs of each resident and requires dementia care services training for staff. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 150 in the following ways: (1) it removes the definition of activity services; (2) it defines direct care, secured memory care unit, and memory care services; (3) it requires that assisted living facilities providing dementia care services to residents in a secured memory care unit create a staffing plan that ensures the facility has sufficient staff to meet the scheduled, reasonably foreseeable unscheduled, and evolving needs of residents and; (4) it charges the Department of Health and Social Services with reviewing the staffing plan during each annual inspection and during any other inspection in which the Department deems it relevant; (5) it revises initial dementia care services training requirement by limiting the requirement to individuals that provide care in a secured memory care unit of an assisted living facility, creating separate training requirements, both in terms of duration and content, for individuals that provide direct care and non-direct care to residents receiving dementia care services in secured memory care units of assisted living facilities; (6) it revises the annual dementia care services training requirement to mirror initial dementia services training requirements; (7) it establishes dementia care services training requirements for individuals employed by temporary staffing agencies; (8) it gives the Department of Health and Social Services the discretion to accept other required dementia care services training to satisfy the dementia care services training requirements; (9) it details the transferability of training between facilities and temporary staffing agencies; and (10) it narrows the scope from all long-term care facilities to only assisted living facilities.
STATUS
Passed
SCR73 - Recognizing The Importance Of Community Health Workers And June 12-18, 2023, As "community Health Improvement Week" In The State Of Delaware.
Marie Pinkney, Kerri Evelyn Harris, Darius Brown
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes the importance of community health workers as well as "Community Health Improvement Week" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR104 - Recognizing January 9, 2024, As "law Enforcement Appreciation Day" In The State Of Delaware.
Brian Guy Pettyjohn, Sherry Dorsey Walker, Jesse Rawlins Vanderwende
Last updated 11 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 9, 2024, as "Law Enforcement Appreciation Day" in the State of Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB258 - An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Domestic Service Employees.
Paul S. Baumbach, Laura Sturgeon, John Walsh
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Section 1 of this Act removes domestic service workers from the definition of employee in Chapter 9, Title 19 of the Delaware Code pertaining to minimum wage. A domestic service worker who otherwise qualifies as an employee is entitled to a minimum wage under this Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB188 - An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact.
Laura Sturgeon, Kyle Evans Gay, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 3 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
This Act enacts the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact (ITMC). The Council of State Governments partnered with the Department of Defense and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) to support the mobility of licensed teachers through the development of this new interstate compact. The ITMC will create reciprocity among participant states and reduce barriers to license portability and employment.
STATUS
Passed
SCR103 - Establishing The Delaware Aquaculture Task Force.
Stephanie L. Hansen, Russ Huxtable, Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Last updated 11 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
This Resolution establishes the Delaware Aquaculture Task Force.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB271 - An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Regulations And Prohibitions Concerning Game And Fish.
William J. Carson, John Walsh, Eric Buckson
Last updated 6 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Currently, section 712 of Title 7 of the Delaware Code prohibits the hunting of any game birds or game animals (except deer) on Sundays. This Bill eliminates the prohibition against hunting game birds on Sundays. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control still has authority to establish and regulate season dates, bag limits and enforcement for the hunting of game birds.
STATUS
Passed
HB264 - An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Patronizing A Prostitute.
Kimberly Williams, Nicole Poore, Stephanie L. Hansen
Last updated 3 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
This Act makes the crime of patronizing a prostitute a class E felony rather than a misdemeanor where the person from whom prostitution is sought is a minor.
STATUS
Passed
HCR76 - Directing The Delaware Department Of Human Resources To Assess College Degree Requirements For State Positions And To Provide A Report On Hiring And Promotional Practices.
Edward S. Osienski, Bryan Townsend, Kimberly Williams
Last updated 11 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
This resolution directs the Delaware Department of Human Resources to publish a report detailing hiring and promotional practices, specifying jobs requiring degrees, outlining findings from the 18-month review of state positions, and providing insights into recent changes' impact on over 350 Family Service positions. The resolution directs the department to present recommendations for extending similar changes to other state jobs. The Secretary and the Department are directed to develop a comprehensive written progress report, encompassing these aspects, to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2024, ensuring transparency and accountability in the state's pursuit of a more inclusive workforce.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB208 - An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Negligence Insurance And Litigation.
Spiros Mantzavinos, William G. Bush, Gerald W. Hocker
Last updated 3 months ago
9 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
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