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HB 344 Delaware House · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BIAS TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

Summary
This substitute bill places responsibility for development of bias and cultural competency training for healthcare employees in a subcommittee of the Delaware Perinatal Quality Collaborative. The subcommittee will develop training guidelines designed for use in all healthcare fields and shall release the initial guidelines by July 1, 2023. The subcommittee will review data every year thereafter and revise the guidelines as necessary.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Jul 2022
Introduced Jun 15, 2022 Signed Jul 25, 2022
Floor votes · House Jun 28, 2022

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
5
Committee
2
Jul 25, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
upper
Jun 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 28, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Jun 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 15, 2022
Introduced
Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 344, and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
lower
5 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
P
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
P
Photo of Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
DE
17
P
Photo of Sherry Dorsey Walker
Sherry Dorsey Walker
DDemocratic
DE
3
P
Photo of Tizzy Lockman
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
DE
3
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
Photo of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
DE
27
Co
Photo of Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
Photo of Kyle Gay
Kyle Gay
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
Photo of Madinah Wilson-Anton
Madinah Wilson-Anton
DDemocratic
DE
26
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
Co
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10