Delaware Senate Bill 254 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: Passed on June 28 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-06-28 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill will create a State Civil Penalty Trust Fund. Currently, all sanctions which are imposed as a result of the surveys and complaint investigations of this Division are placed in the Long Term Care Residents Trust Fund which is governed by very restrictive federal regulations. It is not compulsory to put the revenue derived from State sanctions into the Long Term Care Trust Fund—but that has been our practice. By splitting the money, and creating a fund which receives civil penalties imposed pursuant to state statutes and regulations, the Division will be better able to support community based residential efforts while, at the same time, taking care of long term care needs with the Long Term Care Trust Fund.

An Act To Amend Title 16 And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Nursing Facilities And Similar Facilities.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]
Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]
Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]	Rep. John Viola [D]

2010-06-17 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2010-06-01 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-06-28		Signed by Governor
2010-06-17		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 37 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-09		Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2010-06-02		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2010-06-01		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-01		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-05-12		Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2010-05-12		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2010-05-11		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/b235de753893489c852576f0007050ec?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+254/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/dd0b40b854fd7a0685257735007373ed?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/9271ce7a61c0b049852577450075e6dc?OpenDocument