Delaware House Bill 376 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 21 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-07-21 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill clarifies the duties of the Investigation Coordinator in the child protection system to have the authority to track each reported case of abuse or neglect, and to be responsible for tracking and monitoring each reported case of death, serious physical injury, and sexual abuse of a child within the Investigation Coordinator’s independent tracking system. This bill also creates confidentiality and immunity clauses to protect the information and records obtained by the Investigation Coordinator.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Abuse Of Children.

Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]
Rep. Joseph Miro [R]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]
Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]

2014-06-26 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-06-05 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-21	House	Signed by Governor
2014-06-26	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-18	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2014-06-10	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2014-06-05	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-04	House	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 12 On Its Merits
2014-05-29	House	Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/801ab4c6cb49c12b85257ce60038a4da?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+376/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/f3e61c214fdd0a0985257cee00817b17?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/3fc3007aa75df67985257d0400051243?OpenDocument