Rep. Debra Heffernan

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District HD-006
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 46

Sponsored Legislation

State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Exceptional Persons. [SB-207]
Currently, 14 Del. C. 3122 implements requirements under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) regarding the duty of school districts to locate, identify, and evaluate all children in need of special education and related services. The IDEA was amended to require that local school districts identify, locate, and evaluate all children who are in need of special education and related services and attending private schools at the election of their parents when the private schools being attended are located within the school district (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 08/13/2012

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Healthy Children Program. [SB-21]
This Act removes the provision requiring that participants in the Delaware Healthy Children Program pay a premium to participate, while allowing the Department of Health and Social Services to consider instituting minimal co-payments for health services in order to recover a portion of the revenue that would be lost due to the absence of premium payments. Removing the premium payment may reverse declining enrollment in the Program and increase the number of children in Delaware who have health insurance coverage.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Amendment Sa 1 - Introduced And Placed With The Bill In Senate on 01/26/2012

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Paramedic And Other Emergency Medical Service Systems [SB-210]
This Bill amends Title 16 of the Del. Code, Chapters 97 and 98 to be consistent with changes to EMS practitioner titles based on changes to the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards and National Standard Curricula, and the National Registry of EMT’s (NREMT), the national certifying agency for EMS providers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry Signed By Governor on 07/05/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Autism Spectrum Disorders Coverage. [SB-22]
This Act provides for insurance coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 08/13/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Helmets For Horseback Riders. [SB-225]
Head injuries are the most common cause of death for people who ride horses or ponies according to the American Medical Equestrian Association. This bill requires persons less than 18 years of age to wear a certified riding helmet. The law is written similarly to the mandatory bicycle helmet law. Several states have adopted such a requirement to encourage safe horseback riding for our youth. It is the intent of the Legislature to further promote the safety, health, and welfare of children younger than 18 years of age who engage in equestrian activities (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Necessary Rules Are Suspended In House on 06/30/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Relating To Pre-trial Release On Bail Or Recognizance, Criminal Sentencing, Sentence Calculation, Rehabilitation, Probation Supervision And Data Collection. [SB-226]
This Act implements the recommendations of the Justice Reinvestment Task Force created by Executive Order No. 27. The Act promotes informed decision-making in the criminal justice system by institutionalizing the use of evidenced-based practices in decisions concerning bail, rehabilitation and probation supervision and helps ensure scarce resources are focused on higher-risk offenders. The Task Force recommends the use of a pretrial risk assessment tool to inform release decisions. The Act provides for implementation of an objective assessment instrument (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith Signed By Governor on 08/08/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend The Delaware Code By Creating A New Chapter 65 Of Title 30 Of The Delaware Code To Impose Quality Assessment Fees On Nursing Facilities And By Creating A New Chapter 105 Of Title 16 Establishing The Nursing Facility Quality Assessment Fund. [SB-227]
This bill seeks to establish two chapters: Section 1, Chapter 65 that creates “Quality Assessment Fees” for the nursing home or long term care (LTC) provider community, and Section 2, Chapter 105 that establishes a new “Quality Assessment Fund.” The fees collected under this bill, through a formula established in the legislation, will be placed into the Fund, which will in turn then be matched by federal Medicaid dollars. The Fund, administered by the Department of Finance, will then return 90% of the total local and federal dollars to the LTC providers (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 06/28/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 11 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Comprehensive School Safety Plans [SB-233]
Under existing laws and regulations, school districts are required to adopt an emergency preparedness plans, but there is no requirement that such plans be school-specific or coordinated with local first responders. In addition, while some plans are comprehensive, many emergency preparedness plans are not as detailed or up-to-date as they need to be. Under this bill – the Omnibus School Safety Act – the Department of Safety and Homeland Security (DSHS) will work with schools, districts and first responders to develop a comprehensive school safety (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 09/10/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Offenses Against Children. [SB-234]
This bill establishes the offense of Child Abuse. These new statutes combine current statutes and redefine physical injury and serious physical injury to reflect the medical realities of pain and impairment suffered by children. A new section provides special protection to infants, toddlers and children who have disabilities. The statute also expands the state of mind necessary for certain offenses against children allowing for more effective prosecution of parents who subject their children to abuse by others and fail to protect their children. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melanie Smith Signed By Governor on 09/12/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Workers' Compensation And The Health Care Payment System. [SB-238]
The purpose of this Amendment is to facilitate hospital and ambulatory surgery center compliance with the medical treatment expense cost savings measures required by the Workers’ Compensation Healthcare Payment System.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 08/07/2012

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