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SB 246 Delaware Senate · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OBLIGATIONS OF HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS FOR NON-ACUTE PATIENTS.

Summary
Presently, a legal process does not exist for a Delaware hospital to seek the appointment of a guardian for a non-acute patient who has been a patient at the hospital for an extended period, after having been abandoned by family. This bill authorizes a hospital to petition for a court-appointed guardian for such a patient after providing two notices to the patient, the patient's surrogate, or the patient's family if there is no surrogate, of the need to seek a guardian for the patient.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2020
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
House Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Aug 2020
Introduced Jun 16, 2020 Signed Aug 6, 2020
Floor votes · House Jun 25, 2020

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
0
Aug 6, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Jun 23, 2020
Introduced
Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
lower
Jun 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 16, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
upper
2 primary · 13 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
P
Photo of Raymond Seigfried
Raymond Seigfried
DDemocratic
DE
7
Co
Photo of Bill Carson
Bill Carson
DDemocratic
DE
28
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
DB
David B. McBride
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
Co
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
DE
26
Co
Photo of Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
DE
17
Co
Photo of Mike Smith
Mike Smith
RRepublican
DE
22
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
Co
Photo of Stephanie Bolden
Stephanie Bolden
DDemocratic
DE
2