Delaware Senate Bill 162 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Passed on June 27 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-06-27 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act implements the September 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for increased HIV testing. Healthcare providers in clinical settings may adopt an HIV opt-out policy in which the patient will have the opportunity to choose to be tested for HIV as part of the patient’s routine medical care. As the current Chapter 12, Subchapter 1 deals with issues beyond informed consent and confidentiality and as HIV is a Sexually Transmitted Disease, the updated Subchapter on HIV Testing and Counseling is better placed as a Subchapter of Chapter 7.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Informed Consent, And Confidentiality.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Bryon Short [D]
Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]

2012-06-07 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2012-03-27 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-27		Signed by Governor
2012-06-07		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 36 YES 0 NO 2 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-05-02		Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2012-03-28		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2012-03-27		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-03-21		Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2012-01-19		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/deb767757041665a852579810070cb17?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+162/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/6c71b00bfa8e88a3852579ce0070be17?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/8971e64595bacb4c85257a1600785b5a?OpenDocument