Sen. Margaret Henry

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District SD-002
Party Democrat
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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 7, 26, And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Weatherization Assistance Program And The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.. [SB-273]
This Act transfers administration including staff, positions and oversight of the federally funded and state administered Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) from the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services to the State Energy Office. With more emphasis on saving energy and reducing consumer energy bills, WAP and LIHEAP have received funding to provide additional energy services to low-income households. Being responsible for oversight of the State’s Energy Efficiency Resource (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Assigned To Executive Committee In Senate on 06/01/2010

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health Care Practices. [SB-275]
The Bill will authorize and require the Delaware Board of Medical Practice, the agency that oversees physician licensure, to require doctors applying for licensure or relicensure to present service letters from health care facilities through 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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/30/2010

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 3 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Animals Held In Shelter. [SB-280]
This bill establishes health, adoption, and record keeping requirements for animal shelters operating in Delaware and updates the euthanasia provisions applying to shelters. Author: Senator Blevins

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/23/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Freedom Of Information. [SB-283]
This Act requires the Attorney General to screen challenges to public record request denials, if a state agency is involved. All such alleged violations must first be reviewed by the Chief Deputy. If the Chief Deputy determines that an agency should have produced the requested records, the Attorney General’s Office may not represent the agency in any further legal action if that agency fails to comply with the Chief Deputy’s decision. The Bill also permits a litigant, after requesting a decision by the Attorney General, to appeal the matter to the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/15/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Preventive And Urgent Dental Care For Medicaid Recipients. [SB-284]
This Bill expands Delaware’s Public Assistance Code to provide preventative and urgent dental care to all eligible Medicaid recipients. Payments for preventative or urgent dental care treatments shall be subject to a $10.00 recipient copay and the total amount of dental care assistance provided to an eligible recipient shall not exceed $1,000.00 per year, except that an additional $1,500.00 may be authorized on an emergency basis for urgent dental care treatments through a review process established by the State Dental Director.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko Assigned To Committee In Senate on 06/08/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Board Of Nursing [SB-286]
This Bill makes three regulatory changes to the Delaware Board of Nursing. The Bill allows for representation on the Board by a nurse educator, eliminates the need of a quorum to issue a written decision previously determined by a quorum of the Board, and creates a waiver provision for the licensure by endorsement of licensed practical nurses.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/23/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Workers' Compensation. [SB-287]
This Act clarifies that volunteer HAZMAT team members who are operating under the authority and direction of DNREC and are no longer employed by private industry continue to be members of the HAZMAT team and as such remain eligible for applicable workers’ compensation coverage while assisting DNREC in a voluntary capacity during a HAZMAT incident.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Outten Signed By Governor on 07/12/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Nursing Facilities And Similar Facilities. [SB-291]
This Bill makes changes which require the Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection to post online the results of its surveys of nursing facilities. The act also eliminates the current 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. Because these meetings occur after the report is issued and a plan of action approved, it is held months after the surveyors (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry Signed By Governor on 07/15/2010

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 29 And 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Economic Development Incentives. [SB-294]
Section 1 of this Act establishes the Job Incentive Fund, which is designed to provide grants to firms that expand and diversify the most vital components of Delaware’s economy. Section 2 of this Act provides a multi-year funding source for the grants by earmarking Abandoned Property revenues. Section 3 of this Act removes the sunset from the State’s current employment and investment tax incentives and leaves them in effect.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Assigned To Finance Committee In Senate on 06/10/2010

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Delaware 145th General Assembly

An Act To Amend The Delaware Code Relating To The Board Of Medical Practice. [SB-296]
This act reorganizes and renames the Board of Medical Practice to better reflect the Board's responsibilities and improve public understanding of the Board's role. The act also expedites resolution of emergency cases, improves the investigatory authority of the Board, clarifies the protections for persons reporting unprofessional conduct, and allows for greater input by persons who are not medical professionals. Section 1 changes the name of the "Board of Medical Practice" to the "Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline," which will better reflect (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 06/30/2010

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