Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 48)
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB141
Introduced
5/19/23
Introduced
5/19/23
Refer
6/16/23
Refer
5/19/23
Engrossed
6/22/23
Refer
6/16/23
Refer
6/23/23
Engrossed
6/22/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Refer
6/23/23
Passed
9/21/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Passed
9/21/23
This Act establishes updated, detailed standards for the practice of hearing aid dispensing. Definitions are added to specify that the standards and requirements pertaining hearing aid dispensing apply to prescription hearing aids only and not to over-the-counter hearing aids. Hearing aid dispenser licensure requirements consist of a high school diploma, six months of on-the-job training, and a national exam. Currently, hearing aid dispensers are expressly prohibited from making medical diagnoses or audiologic evaluations, as set forth in 24 Del. C. ยง 3702(7). Input from stakeholders demonstrated that HADs were practicing outside the permissible scope of practice. Impermissible activities include cerumen management (wax removal), which is considered invasive, and treating tinnitus (ringing in the ears), which can indicate more complex medical issues. These conditions are appropriately treated by a physician, preferably a hearing specialist. Further, HADs frequently use medical diagnosis codes to ensure payment from insurance carriers, which conflicts with the medical diagnosis prohibition in the current law. A new scope of practice definition delineates permissible and prohibited activities and identifies when referral to a physician is required. This Act also clarifies that a speech/language pathologist applicant must present a certificate of clinical competence issued by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Audiologist applicants are not subject to this requirement. The distinction is that ASHA evaluates the speech/language pathologists practicum and clinical fellowship, which are requirements for licensure. In contrast, an audiologist applicant is only required to establish receipt of a doctoral degree and successful completion of a national licensure examination. This Act clarifies that audiologists licensed prior to July 10, 2009 do not need to meet the educational requirement of a doctoral degree as long as they have maintained Delaware licensure. This Act further amends provisions relating to examinations to comport with current practice. This Act revises the reciprocity requirements in the interests of clarity. This Act sets forth requirements for licensure of applicants who were educated outside of the United States. This Act removes the definitions of audiology aide and speech pathology aide on the basis that the Board does not license aides.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB142
Introduced
5/19/23
Introduced
5/19/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Refer
5/19/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Enrolled
6/15/23
Refer
6/8/23
Passed
6/29/23
Enrolled
6/15/23
Passed
6/29/23
This Act amends the Charter of Delaware City, providing for use of a special election to fill vacancies in the office of Councilperson. Specifically, the Act authorizes the Mayor, within 14 days of the vacancy, to set a date for a special election and notify the Department of Elections of the same.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB143
Introduced
5/19/23
Introduced
5/19/23
Refer
5/19/23
This Act makes several changes intended to improve the claims payment process by health insurers. Specifically, the Act: (i) codifies the definition of clean claim adopted in Department of Insurance regulations; (ii) requires an insurer to treat erroneously denied claims as timely filed without the provider having to resubmit the claim; (iii) requires carriers that engaged in coordination of benefits verify an insureds other coverage is effective for the date and type of service associated with the applicable claim before taking any recovery action against a provider; (iv) requires that a carrier who recovers payment from a provider through coordination of benefits and thereafter receives reimbursement for the same claim from another insurer issue notice to the provider of the payment so that the provider may seek payment for the amount recovered; (v) allows a provider 12 months to submit a claim for reimbursement after a retroactive denial by a carrier; (vi) requires prompt payment of clean claims within 30 days and after a successful appeal by a provider from a carriers denial of payment, with interest accruing on late payments. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB144
Introduced
6/1/23
Introduced
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/20/23
Refer
6/1/23
Refer
6/21/23
Engrossed
6/20/23
Refer
6/21/23
This Act removes the language "in the capacity of Master" from Chapter 9 of Title 7. This language has the effect of prohibiting highly credentialed professionals who have earned the right to captain their own ships, via appropriate United States Coast Guard training, from being provided with a food fishing permit. Removing this criterion would make the existing requirements more flexible and allow families that rely upon fishing as part of their livelihoods to proceed unimpeded by time-consuming and costly requirements.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB145
Introduced
6/1/23
Introduced
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/13/23
Refer
6/1/23
Refer
6/14/23
Engrossed
6/13/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Refer
6/14/23
Passed
9/11/23
Enrolled
6/29/23
Passed
9/11/23
This Act increases the limits on the dollar amount of awards of compensatory or punitive damages, or both, in cases of employment discrimination, establishing specific caps based on the number of the respondent's employees. This Act also clarifies that the Superior Court may order equitable relief available under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as back pay and front pay, which is an award made for the period between the date of judgment and the date of reinstatement.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB146
Introduced
6/1/23
Introduced
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Refer
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Enrolled
6/27/23
Refer
6/8/23
Passed
9/11/23
Enrolled
6/27/23
Passed
9/11/23
Under current law, an individual can file a charge of employment discrimination by sending the verified charge to the Delaware Department of Labor (Department). This Act clarifies that a verified charge of discrimination is deemed to be filed on the date it is sent to the Department.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB147
Introduced
1/18/24
Engrossed
3/7/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
3/12/24
Engrossed
3/7/24
Refer
3/12/24
This Act creates a narrow exception to the computer crimes under ยงยง 932, 933, and 935 of Title 11 because these crimes contain elements broad enough to include actions employees may take to document or report an employers violation of state or federal employment laws protecting the rights of employees. In addition to criminal penalties, ยง 941 of Title 11 allows a civil action for treble damages against an employee for a violation of any provision of ยงยง 932, 933, or 935 of Title 11.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB148
Introduced
6/1/23
Introduced
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Refer
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/8/23
Enrolled
6/27/23
Refer
6/8/23
Passed
8/9/23
Enrolled
6/27/23
Passed
8/9/23
This Act allows a practitioner with the authority to prescribe medication to give the unused portion of topical medication used during treatment to a patient upon discharge or the conclusion of the visit. This Act is based on the Model Act created by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which has been adopted in Illinois.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB149
Introduced
6/1/23
Introduced
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/14/23
Refer
6/1/23
Refer
6/15/23
Engrossed
6/14/23
Enrolled
6/22/23
Refer
6/15/23
Passed
7/21/23
Enrolled
6/22/23
Passed
7/21/23
This Act would move the 2024 presidential primary election for major political parties from the fourth Tuesday in April to the first Tuesday of April.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB15
Introduced
4/18/24
Introduced
4/18/24
Engrossed
5/14/24
Refer
4/18/24
Refer
5/15/24
Engrossed
5/14/24
Enrolled
6/25/24
Refer
5/15/24
Enrolled
6/25/24
The governance of this State relies on the qualifications and performance of the members of the Governors cabinet. The General Assembly finds that the confirmation process is an important step to ensure the qualifications and performance of the Governors cabinet.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB150
Introduced
5/14/24
Introduced
5/14/24
Engrossed
5/22/24
Refer
5/14/24
Refer
5/23/24
Engrossed
5/22/24
Enrolled
6/13/24
Refer
5/23/24
Passed
8/1/24
Enrolled
6/13/24
Passed
8/1/24
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.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB151
Introduced
5/17/24
Engrossed
5/22/24
Introduced
5/17/24
Refer
5/23/24
Engrossed
5/22/24
Enrolled
6/13/24
Refer
5/23/24
Passed
8/1/24
Enrolled
6/13/24
Passed
8/1/24
This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 151. Like Senate Bill No. 151, this Act requires included facilities to disclose information related dementia care services in the form determined by the Department of Health and Social Services, and it establishes requirements for the dissemination of that information. Like Senate Bill No. 151, any violation of this Act is an unlawful practice under ยง 2513 of Title 6 and a violation of subchapter II of Chapter 25 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 151 in the following ways: (1) it narrows the scope of the disclosure requirements to apply only to assisted living facilities that advertises, markets, or otherwise represents that the facility provides dementia care services; (2) it revises the definition of dementia care services, and defines direct care, memory care services, and secured memory care unit; (3) it replaces the term agent with the term authorized representative; (4) it revises the list of information that must be included in the disclosure form; (5) it clarifies the Departments and the facilitys role in preparing and completing the disclosure; (6) it removes the requirement that an included facility must publish the disclosure on the facilitys website; and (7) it grants the Department of Health and Social Services the authority to investigate potential violations and refer cases to the Department of Justice.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB152
Introduced
6/1/23
Introduced
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Refer
6/1/23
Refer
6/16/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Enrolled
6/27/23
Refer
6/16/23
Passed
9/11/23
Enrolled
6/27/23
Passed
9/11/23
This Act expands the rights of long-term care facility residents by ensuring that long-term care facility residents are entitled to care that recognizes cultural differences and preferences and that long-term care facility residents are made aware of their rights in a language and format that is accessible to the resident. This Act also requires the Department of Health and Social Services to prepare a standardized notice listing all rights detailed in ยง 1121 of Title 16 in a language and format that is accessible to each resident or their authorized representative.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB153
Introduced
6/1/23
Introduced
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Refer
6/1/23
Refer
6/16/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Refer
6/16/23
Passed
9/11/23
Enrolled
6/30/23
Passed
9/11/23
This Act makes changes to provisions related to behavioral health and the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to reflect current practices.
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Delaware 2023-2024 Regular Session
Delaware Senate Bill SB154
Introduced
6/1/23
Introduced
6/1/23
Refer
6/14/23
Refer
6/1/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Refer
6/14/23
Refer
6/16/23
Engrossed
6/15/23
Enrolled
6/21/23
Refer
6/16/23
Passed
9/21/23
Enrolled
6/21/23
Passed
9/21/23
This Act repeals the sunset of the Focus on Alternative Skills Training Program, which provides tuition for an eligible individual to attend an approved nondegree credit certificate program that provides industry-accepted skill training and certification.