Delaware Senate Bill 121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 31 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-07-31 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This closes a technical loophole in the Delaware Code. Currently, the Department of Health and Social Services has minimal authority to act against an unlicensed healthcare agency or facility operating in the state. This would allow the Department to take administrative action against those healthcare agencies and facilities operating in the state that are required to be licensed but fail to complete the licensure process. This would help protect the public from unlicensed and unregulated healthcare providers.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Operation Of Unlicensed Healthcare Agencies And Facilities.

Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]
Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Michael Mulrooney [D]
Sen. David Wilson [R]

2013-07-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2013-06-19 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-31	Senate	Signed by Governor
2013-07-01	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-06-26	House	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 10 On Its Merits
2013-06-25	House	Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2013-06-19	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-06-12	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2013-06-06	Senate	Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/9e6d2f3ba8c319c485257b6b0060257c?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+121/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/5a1d2518ce6fc4a285257b8f00764417?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/2081b1d28363ea3585257b9b001e8a28?OpenDocument