Delaware House Bill 345 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)
Status: Passed on July 25 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-07-25 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act ensures pregnant women and women who have given birth within the past six weeks who are subject to the custody of the Department of Corrections at Level IV or V have access to midwifery and doula services by requiring the Department to make reasonable accommodations for provision of available midwifery or doula services. This Act requires the Department to establish and provide midwifery services subject to the availability of funds designated for that purpose. This Act also requires the Department to provide written notice to pregnant and postpartum women subject to the custody of the Department at Level IV or V of the availability of midwifery and doula services.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Care.

Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]
Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

2022-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-16 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-07-25		Signed by Governor
2022-06-30		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-06-30		Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2022-06-29		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2022-06-29		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2022-06-16		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2022-06-16		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-06-16		Amendment HA 1 to HB 345 - Stricken in House
2022-06-14		Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 1 to HB 345 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-05-19		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2022-05-18		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2022-03-16		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79246
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79246&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB345
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53508
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53849