Delaware House Bill 271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-3)
Status: Passed on May 3 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-05-03 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

The Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) is charged with providing transitional and independent living services for youth ages 14 to 21. The Division of Family Services (DFS) contracts for case management services for youth ages 16 to 21, with services designed to promote self-sufficiency and responsible living for young adults who are aging out of foster care. Participants receive life skills training and personal development, mentoring, tuition assistance, and support with transitional housing. Participants may also qualify to receive needs-based stipends through ASSIST (Achieving Self Sufficiency & Independence through Supported Transition) to help with living expenses. DFS recently changed the name of the Independent Living Program to the Transitional and Independent Living Program to better reflect the comprehensive nature of services offered to youth. This bill updates references to the program to include transitional and independent living services.

An Act To Amend Titles 13 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Independent Living Services For Young Adults Aging Out Of Foster Care.

Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]
Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

2022-03-22 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-27 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-05-03		Signed by Governor
2022-03-22		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-03-17		Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2022-03-09		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2022-03-09		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2022-01-27		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2022-01-27		Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 3 NO 2 ABSENT
2022-01-13		Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits
2022-01-13		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2022-01-11		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2022-01-06		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79050
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79050&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB271
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52832
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52935