Delaware House Bill 316 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)
Status: Passed on June 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-06-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill does all of the following relating to the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. First, it adds the Chief Magistrate of the Justice of the Peace Court to the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. Second, it removes the limitations on the use of voting by proxy by members of the Council. These limitations are unnecessary because § 2104(f) provides that the Council promulgate rules of procedure governing its operations so long as they are in accordance with Chapters 100 and 101 of Title 29. Thus, the Council, not the statute, should determine the rules necessary to govern its own operations. Finally, the bill adds the Fatal Incident Review Team of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council to the list of entities that are entitled to receive protected health information without informed consent. The protected health information at issue is essential for the Fatal Incident Review Team to review. Due to federal law, certain providers are prohibited from providing such information even with a subpoena. However, these providers can provide the protected health information if the statute specifically permits such protected health information to be disclosed without informed consent.

An Act To Amend Titles 13 And 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Domestic Violence Coordinating Council.

Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]
Rep. Kevin Hensley [R]	Rep. Sean Matthews [D]

2022-04-14 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-15 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-14		Signed by Governor
2022-04-14		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-04-06		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2022-03-15		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2022-03-15		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-03-09		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2022-03-03		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79171
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79171&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB316
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52900
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53096