Delaware Senate Concurrent Resolution 65 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-3)
Status: Engrossed on June 27 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-06-27 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) was established in 1970 by legislative enactment with a broad and crucial mandate: to supervise the health, well being, and life of Delaware citizens. In the decades since, the population of Delaware has increased, and the needs of Delaware citizens have required increasingly complex and costly medical interventions; particularly for those most vulnerable among us, such as the elderly and those suffering from addiction. To serve this broad array of individual needs, DHSS has adapted to provide personalized and individualized services to citizens at a level of direct care. Additionally, the broad language of DHSS authorizing statute has required it to maintain focus on other policy initiatives, such as promoting public health and administering healthcare through Medicaid while maintaining compliance with state and Federal laws and regulations, which themselves have grown in complexity. Given the advancements in both individualized care and the policy landscape, this Resolution creates a committee designed to investigate whether to reorganize or restructure the Department as a means to reaffirm its original purpose. Its goal is to ensure that Delawareans receive high-quality care on an individualized basis, and will recommit the Department to its important policy objectives, such as maximizing efficiency and reducing cost.

Providing For A Strategic Review Of The Department Of Health And Social Services And Presentation Of Recommendations Regarding A Comprehensive Restructuring Thereof To The Joint Finance Committee.

Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. David McBride [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]
Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Raymond Seigfried [D]
Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

2019-06-27 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-06-27 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-27		Passed In House by Voice Vote
2019-06-27		Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT
2019-06-27		Introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47874
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47874&legislationTypeId=3&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SCR65
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41161
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41183