Delaware House Bill 181 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)
Status: Passed on August 30 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-08-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act makes updates to how reports of child abuse and neglect are handled by the various members of the multidisciplinary team. The Act codifies the multidisciplinary team and case. The Act adds additional duties to the Investigation Coordinator, law enforcement, the Department of Justice and the Division of Family Services that are current best practices but not required by law. The Act reorganizes the section pertaining to the Division of Family Services to reflect current best practices. The Act allows nurse practitioners to take emergency protective custody.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Responses To Child Abuse And Neglect.

Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2017-06-27 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-06-13 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-30		Signed by Governor
2017-06-27		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
2017-06-21		Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
2017-06-13		Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
2017-06-13		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2017-06-07		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
2017-05-16		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25791
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25791&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB181
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18781
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18921