An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Employment Discrimination Based On Reproductive Health Decisions. [HB-316]
This bill prohibits discrimination in employment based upon an individual’s reproductive health decisions. Delaware laws currently prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex or pregnancy; however, this legislation makes it clear that an employer is expressly prohibited from taking adverse employment action against an individual based on his or her reproductive health care decisions. This bill does not create any new obligations or change any existing obligations related to insurance coverage of reproductive health care. This bill seeks to ensure
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HB-316: An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Employment Discrimination Based On Reproductive Health Decisions.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz
Signed By Governor on 06/30/2016
An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Employment Discrimination Based On Family Responsibilities. [HB-317]
This bill prohibits discrimination in employment based upon an individual’s caregiving responsibilities. Workers should be judged on the merits of their performance at work, not their responsibilities at home. Five states and over 90 localities prohibit discrimination based on family responsibilities to some degree. This bill ensures Delaware workers with responsibilities for child care, elder care, or both, receive equal employment opportunities and are protected from discrimination in the workplace.
HB-317: An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Employment Discrimination Based On Family Responsibilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz
Signed By Governor on 06/30/2016
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Department Of Education. [HB-34]
This bill will allow a local school district board to delay new or changed rules, regulations, or administrative procedures from becoming effective during a school year once the school year has started. This will allow the rules, regulations, and procedures to be consistent for the whole school year.
HB-34: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Department Of Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 04/20/2016
An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Recognition Of The Lenape Indian Tribe Of Delaware. [HB-345]
Under this Act, the General Assembly formally recognizes the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware ("the Tribe") as an American Indian tribe, not only to acknowledge the Tribe's rich history and culture, but also so that the Tribe may be recognized as eligible for the programs and services that the United States provides to Indians because of their status as Indians. For example, the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act establishes the Indian Arts and Crafts Board ("the Board") of the U.S. Department of the Interior and authorizes the Board to establish
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HB-345: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Recognition Of The Lenape Indian Tribe Of Delaware.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis
Signed By Governor on 08/04/2016
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Curriculum And Computer Science. [HB-355]
This bill creates a requirement that all public high schools, including charter schools, shall offer at least one computer science course at the high school level by the 2020-2021 school year. Also, this bill creates a requirement that, by the 2017-2018 school year, the State Board of Education permit a computer science to satisfy a part of the total credit requirement in mathematics or science or both. The State Board of Education shall develop guidelines addressing how computer science courses can satisfy graduation requirements for math or science.
HB-355: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Curriculum And Computer Science.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz
Reported Out Of Committee (education) In Senate With 5 On Its Merits on 06/28/2016
An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Freedom Of Information Act. [HB-359]
This bill expressly provides that, for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, a member of a public body must appear in person or by video-conferencing, rather than by proxy. As with the common law rule regarding voting by proxy for municipal and charitable corporations, membership in a public body is coupled with no pecuniary interest and is of the nature of a personal trust. See, e.g., Walker v. Johnson, 17 App. D.C. 144, 162, (D.C. Cir. 1900). The right to vote is committed to the discretion of the member of the public body as an individual
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HB-359: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Freedom Of Information Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Cloutier
Introduced And Assigned To House Administration Committee In House on 05/04/2016
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Boards. [HB-374]
This Act changes the term of a school board member from 5 years to 4 years. While longer board member terms enable school board members to have more years as experienced board members, this must be weighed against the goal of providing the community with sufficient opportunities to run for school boards, and to replace school board members. In addition, shorter board member terms can increase the number of candidates who run for office, as a longer term can prevent some individuals from choosing to run for this office.
HB-374: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To School Boards.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Kowalko
Reported Out Of Committee (education) In House With 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable on 06/28/2016
An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pre-authorization. [HB-381]
Patients struggle every day to receive necessary care, suffering symptoms longer than appropriate and encountering unnecessary stress factors as they engage in the complicated system of health insurance. One such factor is Pre-Authorization, a tool designed to save the money by making sure that care is necessary. For years patients and clinicians have been put through arduous appeals processes being told that they are necessary to keep costs down or worse, told after the fact that their care won’t be paid for even when previously told otherwise.
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HB-381: An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pre-authorization.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Bentz
Signed By Governor on 07/13/2016