Delaware Senate Bill 99 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-4)
Status: Passed on April 8 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-08 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill re-organizes Section 351 to be more reader friendly as to the requirements and exceptions for DSCYF to evaluate homes where children are placed with non-relatives. It also changes the current statute which required DSCYF consent before a child could be placed with a non-relative. This bill would now make the DSCYF position on the placement merely an assessment for consideration by the Family Court. Section (d) makes it clear that the Family Court has the final authority to determine whether or not the placement is appropriate. Finally, this bill modifies the definition of “dependency or dependent child” in 901(8) and 1009(3) in accordance with the proposed changes to Section 351.

An Act To Amend Title 10 And Title 31 Pertaining To Placement Of Dependent Children.

Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]
Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]

2014-03-20 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2014-01-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-08	Senate	Signed by Governor
2014-03-20	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-03-19	House	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2014-01-29	House	Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2014-01-28	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-01-16	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (CHILDREN; YOUTH & FAMILIES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2013-05-30	Senate	Assigned to Children; Youth & Families Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/7167c1e733a8e97985257b4f006752cd?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+99/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/73a89982790a32f985257c6e006a949e?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/a95a0321d7692ada85257ca1006ff945?OpenDocument