An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Office Of Financial Empowerment. [HB-10]
Stand By Me is an innovative financial empowerment program that has been operating within DHSS for the past two years. Stand By Me is designed as a partnership model, integrated into the culture and operations of businesses, educational institutions, state agencies, and non-profit organizations, funded almost exclusively by the private sector and is a robust program based on collaboration and best practices. In just two years since start up, the program has made great strides and has helped many individuals and organizations. Codifying a State Office
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HB-10: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Office Of Financial Empowerment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 07/09/2015
An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Confidential Information. [HB-102]
This bill amends the Address Confidentiality Act, Subchapter II of Chapter 96 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code, to extend the protections of the Department of Justice’s Address Confidentiality Program by prohibiting persons from publicly posting or displaying on the Internet, or soliciting, selling, or trading on the Internet, specified personal information of a program participant with the intent of inciting another person to imminently use the information to commit a crime involving violence or a threat of violence against, or to cause great bodily
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HB-102: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Confidential Information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ronald Gray
Signed By Governor on 08/07/2015
An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Community-based Attendant Services. [HB-110]
The Department of Health & Social Services has administered a highly successful attendant services program since enactment of enabling legislation in 2001. This bill is the product of a committee comprised of representatives of the Department, the State Council for Persons with Disabilities, and non-profit agencies which reached consensus on recommended revisions to the 14 year old law. The bill: 1) reorganizes covered services under a single eligibility category; 2) encourages providers to promote participant self-direction of services; 3) expands
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HB-110: An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Community-based Attendant Services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 06/30/2015
An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Limited Lay Administration Of Medications. [HB-111]
As more healthcare services continue to move into the community, it is necessary to clearly define the scope of services offered in community settings. This legislation will update the Delaware Code to clearly define the level of medication administration permitted by unlicensed personnel and the settings in which they can administer medications. Additionally, there is a change to designate a previously undesignated paragraph, in keeping with the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
HB-111: An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Limited Lay Administration Of Medications.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Mitchell
Signed By Governor on 07/10/2015
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Creation Of A Unit For Low-income Students. [HB-117]
This Act will create a funding source for students enrolled in Delaware public schools who are determined as low-income according to the Department of Education. This funding source will be in addition to the normal enrollment based funding provided to school districts and charter schools. The low-income unit will provide one unit of funding for every 250 low-income students in grades K-12 where the funding can be used for such purposes as providing additional teachers and paraprofessionals for classroom instruction; additional counselors, school
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HB-117: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Creation Of A Unit For Low-income Students.
Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell
Amendment Ha 2 - Introduced And Placed With Bill on 06/23/2016
An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Delinquency Proceedings In The Family Court. [HB-126]
This Act adopts the ABA standard for juvenile delinquency by establishing the age of 10 as the minimum age of responsibility in juvenile prosecutions. Currently, at least 11 other states (including Pennsylvania) have adopted the ABA standard. Since 2009, approximately 90 children between the ages of 7-9 have arrested and prosecuted in Delaware’s Family Court. Most of the charges brought against these children were minor, low-level misdemeanor offenses, and the vast majority of all charges against children in this age range were dismissed or otherwise
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HB-126: An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Delinquency Proceedings In The Family Court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nicole Poore
Signed By Governor on 07/10/2015
An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Unlawful Sexual Contact. [HB-130]
This bill creates a felony level offense for a person that is a health professional and in the course of providing professional health services to the victim, intentionally has sexual contact with the victim. This bill adds to the existing crime of unlawful sexual contact in the second degree and makes the conduct described therein as a felony offense, rather than a misdemeanor, due to the vulnerability of the victim as a patient seeking services from a health professional.
HB-130: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Unlawful Sexual Contact.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Wilson
Vetoed By Governor on 08/17/2015