Delaware Senate Bill 151

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)
Status: Passed on August 1 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-08-01 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 151. Like Senate Bill No. 151, this Act requires included facilities to disclose information related dementia care services in the form determined by the Department of Health and Social Services, and it establishes requirements for the dissemination of that information. Like Senate Bill No. 151, any violation of this Act is an unlawful practice under § 2513 of Title 6 and a violation of subchapter II of Chapter 25 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 151 in the following ways: (1) it narrows the scope of the disclosure requirements to apply only to assisted living facilities that advertises, markets, or otherwise represents that the facility provides dementia care services; (2) it revises the definition of dementia care services, and defines direct care, memory care services, and secured memory care unit; (3) it replaces the term agent with the term authorized representative; (4) it revises the list of information that must be included in the disclosure form; (5) it clarifies the Departments and the facilitys role in preparing and completing the disclosure; (6) it removes the requirement that an included facility must publish the disclosure on the facilitys website; and (7) it grants the Department of Health and Social Services the authority to investigate potential violations and refer cases to the Department of Justice.

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Mandatory Disclosure Of Information In Long-term Care Facilities Offering Dementia Care Services.

Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]
Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]
Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Kevin Hensley [R]
Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

2024-06-13 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-05-22 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-08-01		Signed by Governor
2024-06-13		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-06-11		Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
2024-05-23		Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
2024-05-22		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2024-05-17		was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 151

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