Delaware Senate Bill 152 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-6)
Status: Passed on September 11 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-09-11 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act expands the rights of long-term care facility residents by ensuring that long-term care facility residents are entitled to care that recognizes cultural differences and preferences and that long-term care facility residents are made aware of their rights in a language and format that is accessible to the resident. This Act also requires the Department of Health and Social Services to prepare a standardized notice listing all rights detailed in § 1121 of Title 16 in a language and format that is accessible to each resident or their authorized representative.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Rights Of Long-term Care Facility Residents.

Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]
Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]
Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]
Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Kerri Harris [D]	Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]

2023-06-27 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-06-15 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-09-11		Signed by Governor
2023-06-27		Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
2023-06-21		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2023-06-16		Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2023-06-15		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2023-06-07		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable
2023-06-01		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140474
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140474&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB152
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54651
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54906