Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/DailyRecords/Detail?date=20180612
Timestamp: 2019-05-22 01:13:10
Document Index: 402267891

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 5', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 5', '§1']

Daily Report for 6/12/2018
SA 1 to SB 238 Passed Simpson This Amendment adds the Kent County Register of Wills to the list of locations in which wills may be deposited for storage. It also adds clarifying language related to the increase or reduction of fees.
SA 1 to SB 19 PWB McDowell This Amendment makes changes to dates contained in the Act based on the passage of time since introduction.
HA 1 to HB 347 Passed Kowalko This Amendment limits the role of the Provider Advisory Board to advising the Office of Child Care Licensing.
HB 461 Committee K. Williams Delaware law criminalizes “therapeutic deception,” a representation by the health professional that sexual contact by the health professional is consistent with or part of the patient’s treatment. This Act creates a felony level offense for a person that is a health professional and who, in the course of providing professional health services to the victim, intentionally has sexual contact with the victim. This would criminalize all sexual contact between a health professional and the health professional’s patient. This Act makes this conduct a felony offense, rather than a misdemeanor, due to the vulnerability of the victim as a patient seeking services from a health professional. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONTACT.
SA 1 to SB 208 Passed Poore This Amendment does all of the following: 1. It reduces from 10% to 5%, the maximum amount of the payments due to the contractor under the contract that can be retained by the Department in order for a contractor who does not meet or exceed the minimum contractor's performance rating to be allowed to bid. 2. It permits the Secretary to establish the percentage of the payments to be retained under the contract, not to exceed 5%. 3. It permits the contractor to request that the retainage be reduced to 2% when the project is at 50% completion. 4. It provides that the project completion percentage is based on the actual work completed. 5. It requires that the members of the public appointed to the stakeholder panel have experience in public works contracting.
SA 1 to HB 379 Passed Bonini This amendment removes internet services from subsection (r) to maintain consistency with other town charters in the State of Delaware.
HB 410 Approved Schwartzkopf This Act is the second leg of a constitutional amendment that would alter the continuity of government provisions of the Delaware Constitution to enable the effective continuance of government following a variety of emergency situations. The first leg of this amendment, House Bill No. 380 of the 148th General Assembly, passed both Houses with the two-thirds vote required by, and was publicized in accordance with, the Delaware Constitution. Currently, Article II, § 5 of the Delaware Constitution requires the General Assembly to meet in Dover, unless an emergency caused by insurrection, conflagration, or epidemic diseases occurs. And, Article XVII, § 1 of the Delaware Constitution provides the General Assembly with the power to enact laws providing for continuity of government following emergency situations, but only if the emergency results from an enemy attack. Section 2 of this Act extends the General Assembly's authority under Article XVII, § 1 to disasters involving terrorism, disease, accident, and other natural or man-made disasters. This would authorize the General Assembly to extend the provisions of Chapter 77 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code (relating to the emergency location of government), Chapter 17 of Title 29 (relating to emergency interim legislative succession), Chapter 78 of Title 29 (relating to interim executive succession), and Chapter 18 of Title 10 (relating to emergency interim judicial succession) to emergencies involving terrorism, disease, accident, or other natural or manmade disasters, as well as those involving enemy attack. This change is consistent with the approach taken in at least four states, New York, Louisiana, Montana, and Utah, which have adopted an "all hazards" approach to continuity of government planning. In addition, Section 2 of this Act makes changes to Article XVII, § 1 adopting the interpretation of this provision by the Delaware Supreme Court in Opinion of the Justices, 190 A.2d 521 (Del. 1963), so that it is clear that the General Assembly may provide for succession for those public offices that are not immediately filled by operation of the Constitution. Section 1 of this Act would harmonize Article XVII, § 1 and Article § 5 so that the emergency situations exempting the General Assembly from the requirement that it meet in Dover are similar to the emergency situation in which the General Assembly may enact laws or otherwise act to provide for the continuity of government. Finally, this Act makes technical corrections to confirm existing law to the guidelines of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. Specifically, lines 17 through 19 of this Act remove unnecessary legalese in and make grammatical changes to the final sentence of Article XVII, §1. AN ACT CONCURRING IN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.
HB 433 Signed K. Williams This Act expands the pathways to entering an alternative routes for teacher licensure and certification program (“ARTC”) casting a wider net in order to attract a diverse pool of qualified candidates into the field of education as the need for teachers, particularly in critical needs areas, has increased. It also clarifies district and charter school responsibilities and ARTC program provider responsibilities, to assure proper supports are in place. Under this Act, attainment of final licensure and certification is contingent on meeting all ARTC program requirements, demonstrating effective teaching based on a state-approved evaluation system, and attaining passing scores on applicable and available approved content readiness exams and a performance assessment. These exit requirements hold ARTC participants to the same high standards for final licensure and certification as those entering the field from a typical teacher pre-service program. This Act also makes technical corrections to confirm existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, EVALUATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PREPARATION PROGRAMS.
HS 1 for HB 440 Signed Bentz House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 440 differs from House Bill 440 only in that it locates the Overdose System of Care and the Overdose System of Care Committee in Chapter 97 of Title 16 instead of in Chapter 10 of Title 16. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 440 establishes an overdose system of care to improve care, treatment, and survival of the overdose patient in State of Delaware. This Act allows the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services to establish stabilization centers that can receive overdose patients from Emergency Medical Services and designate acute health care facilities, freestanding emergency departments, and hospitals that meet established requirements as an overdose system of care centers. This Act also establishes a standing Overdose System of Care Committee to assist in the oversight of the overdose system of care and provide recommendations for its implementation and maintenance. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CREATION OF AN OVERDOSE SYSTEM OF CARE.
SCR 68 Passed Lawson This resolution congratulates the class of 2017-2018 Eagle Scouts for having attained the highest rank one can earn in the Boy Scouts of America. CONGRATULATING THE CLASS OF 2017-2018 EAGLE SCOUTS FOR HAVING ATTAINED THE HIGHEST RANK ONE CAN EARN IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
HA 4 to HB 3 Passed Heffernan This Amendment delays the enactment of the bill until April, 2019 to provide the Department of Human Resources and the school districts time to establish guidelines and procedures regarding parental leave. This amendment clarifies that the employees of all school districts employees, charter schools and vocational school districts are included in the bill. This amendment also clarifies that parental leave, FMLA and short-term disability are to run concurrently. This amendment establishes reporting requirements, which will enable the number of people using parental leave and the impact the program is having on retention and recruitment of employees to be evaluated. This Amendment change requires the Department of Human Resources to establish guidelines for other state agencies to follow in granting leave under this Act and to distribute the guidelines to these state agencies. Finally, this amendment makes technical changes to the bill.
HA 1 to HB 411 Passed Schwartzkopf This Amendment clarifies that a special emergency judge’s powers will not be exercised if there are currently-serving Article IV, Section 2 judges available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the judge who is unavailable during or due to an emergency event.
HA 2 to HS 1 for HB 346 Passed Keeley The purpose of this amendment is to incentivize educator consistency for students in high needs schools. This amendment requires that in order to be eligible for an award, an applicant must be employed in a high needs school for at least 1 year and must be at the same school the following year in order to receive the award.