SPONSOR:	Sen. Ennis & Rep. Keeley
	Sens. Blevins Bushweller Hall-Long Henry Katz McDowell Peterson Sokola Connor Sorenson	Reps. D.P. Williams Barbieri Hudson Kowalko M. Marshall Mitchell Schooley Schwartzkopf Viola

DELAWARE STATE SENATE 145th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE BILL NO. 169

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OBSTRUCTION OF INGRESS AND EGRESS TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

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

Section 1.Amend Chapter 5 of Title 11 of the Delaware Code by adding a new Section 1324A thereto to read as follows:

"§1324 A.Obstructing Ingress to or Egress from a Health Care Facility.

A person is guilty of obstructing ingress to or egress from a health care facility when the person:

1) knowingly obstructs, detains, hinders, impedes, or blocks another person's entry to or exit from a health care facility; or

(2) knowingly approaches another person, within eight feet of the person, unless such person consents, for the purpose of protest, education or counseling of such other person in the public way or area within a radius of one hundred feet from the exterior perimeter of the health care facility.

Obstructing ingress to or egress from a health care facility is a Class B misdemeanor."

SYNOPSIS

This Bill will make obstructing ingress to or egress from a health care facility a Class B misdemeanor.

Author:Senator Ennis