Bill Text: DE HB106 | 2011-2012 | 146th General Assembly | Draft


Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 13 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Domestic Violence Coordinating Council.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-28 - Signed by Governor [HB106 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2011-HB106-Draft.html


SPONSOR:

Rep. Barbieri & Rep. Hudson & Sen. Blevins & Sen. Cloutier & Sen. Sorenson

 

Reps. Bennett, Keeley, Kowalko, Manolakos, Miro, Ramone; Sens. Ennis, Hall-Long, Sokola

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

146th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 106

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATINGCOUNCIL.


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:


Section 1.Amend §2105(a) of Title 13 of the Delaware Code by inserting the following after the third sentence of the section:

"The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall submit to the Council a monthly report within thirty days of the last day of the previous month, of all the homicides and suicides that occurred in Delaware."

Section 2. Amend §2105(b) of Title 13 by striking the number "2" as it appears in the first sentence thereof and replacing it with "3".


SYNOPSIS

These amendments task the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner with sending to the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council a monthly report of the homicides and suicides that occurred in Delaware, to better identify fatal incidents related to domestic violence and adds one additional chair to the Fatal Incident Review Team, increasing the number of co-chairs from two to three.

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