Bill Text: DE HB421 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Draft

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Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code With Respect To The Division Of Developmental Disabilities Services.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-14 - Stricken [HB421 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2015-HB421-Draft.html

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SPONSOR:	Rep. M. Smith & Sen. Hall-Long
	Reps. Briggs King, Heffernan, Hensley; Sen. Townsend

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 421

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE WITH RESPECT TO THE DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES.

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

Section 1.Amend Section 7909A, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows and redesignating accordingly:

§7909A. Division of Developmental Disabilities Services.

(e) Beginning in fiscal year 2017, the Division of Disabilities Services shall phase in increases to the Instrument for Client and Agency Planning rates paid to Direct Support Professionals so that by the year 2020 the rates paid are 100 percent of the market rates.

SYNOPSIS

This bill would mandate an increase in payments made to Direct Support Professionals – persons who are caregivers for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a home or community setting.These rate increases are necessary in order to keep people with intellectual and developmental disabilities safe and integrated to the maximum extent possible in their local communities.