Delaware Senate Bill 108 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Passed on August 17 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-08-17 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Section 1 of this Bill would ensure that Delaware medical providers do not take advantage of the section of the statute that allows for the “greater of” clause by opening a facility across state lines to perform procedures on patients that could be performed in state to collect higher fees. At the same time, the Bill preserves the original intent of the statute, which allows an injured worker to receive specialized treatment outside the state. Section 2 of the Bill provides for medical provider’s (physician) report to serve as the triggering event for the completion of the employer’s report of modified-duty availability.

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Workers' Compensation And Payments For Injuries Or Death And Incidental Benefits.

Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Anthony DeLuca [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Rep. Robert Gilligan [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]

2011-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-06-09 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-17		Signed by Governor
2011-06-30		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-30		Necessary rules are suspended in House
2011-06-14		Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
2011-06-09		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2011-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (INSURANCE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2011-06-07		Assigned to Insurance Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/9818af7a8da550bc852578a200624f60?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+108/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/70a92e04f3ce80fb852578aa0078e9ab?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/bffc90951a0801e6852578bf00714f9a?OpenDocument