Delaware Bills

passed both · Delaware · Senate Jun 30, 2019

SB 71: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING PHARMACY OWNERSHIP AND PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS.

This Act protects consumers from paying high prices for prescription drugs by ensuring competition in the marketplace by doing the following: 1. Prohibiting a pharmacy benefit manager from requiring or providing an incentive for an insured individual to use a pharmacy in which the pharmacy benefit manager has an ownership interest. 2. Requiring that a pharmacy must be owned by a pharmacist or by a majority of pharmacists if owned by an artificial entity. This ownership requirement is modelled on the same requirement in North Dakota law, enacted in 1963, which has kept North Dakota prescription prices among the lowest in the country and provides North Dakotans with more pharmacies per capita than the national average and a high level of care from locally owned pharmacies. This ownership requirement does not apply to current holders of a permit to operate a pharmacy or to hospital pharmacies that furnishes services only to patients and employees.

passed both · Delaware · House Jun 30, 2019

HB 180: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.

This Act creates the Professional Athlete Funding Act which authorizes and establishes regulations pertaining to player brand agreements. A player brand agreement is an agreement between a professional athlete and an investor whereby in exchange for payment to the professional athlete, the athlete commits to pay a specified percentage of the athlete's future income or earnings. The purpose of this Act is to protect the professional athlete from unscrupulous investors by codifying best practices. Such practices include setting forth requirements that must be satisfied in order that a player brand agreement is valid, binding and enforceable including: (1) the agreement being written in the athlete's native language; (2) specifying the percentage of income or earning the athlete will have to pay; (3) identifying the income or earnings used to calculate the obligation; (3) not requiring the athlete to pay more than 30% of his or her future income; (4) requiring that the shared percentage lasts no more than 30 years; and (5) identifying specific criteria for the signing and executing of the agreement. This Act also authorizes the Division of Consumer Protection of the Department of Justice to enforce such agreements and to investigate and prosecute violations.

passed · Delaware · Senate Jun 30, 2019

SB 173: AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE UNIVERSAL PRE-K CONSORTIUM.

This Act establishes the Universal Pre-K Consortium to recommend a comprehensive plan for the implementation of a mixed-delivery, non-compulsory public pre-kindergarten program for all 4 year olds in this State.

passed both · Delaware · House Jun 27, 2019

HCR 54: ESTABLISHING THE LOCAL SERVICE FUNCTIONS TASK FORCE TO REVIEW AND PROPOSE REVISIONS TO PART II OF TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

This House Concurrent Resolution establishes the Local Service Functions Task Force to review and propose revisions to Part II of Title 9 of the Delaware Code regarding New Castle County and municipal corporation responsibility for local service functions and how the county budgets expenditures for the performance of local service functions and establishes tax rates for municipalities that perform local services functions.

passed · Delaware · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SCR 57: RECOGNIZING THE UNITED STATES DECENNIAL CENSUS AND THE GOVERNOR’S 2020 COMPLETE COUNT COMMISSION.

This Resolution recognizes the importance of the Decennial Census and the work of the Governor's Complete Count Commission.

passed · Delaware · House Jun 27, 2019

HCR 56: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE INTERAGENCY FINES AND FEES TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE IMPACT COURT-IMPOSED FINES AND FEES HAVE ON DEFENDANTS AND THE IMPOSTION AND COLLECTION OF COURT-IMPOSED FINES AND FEES.

This resolution establishes the Interagency Fines and Fees Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations on the impact court-imposed fines and fees have on defendants and the imposition and collection of court-imposed fines and fees.

passed · Delaware · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SR 11: DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO FURTHER EXPAND TRANSITIONAL SERVICES TO JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

This resolution encourages the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance and the Department of Correction to facilitate continuous health coverage for individuals with opioid use disorder, other substance use disorders, or high health needs upon release.

passed · Delaware · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SR 12: REAFFIRMING THE SISTER-STATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND TAIWAN, STRENGTHENING BILATERAL TRADE RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN, AND SUPPORTING TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

This Senate Resolution reaffirms the sister-state relationship between the State of Delaware and Taiwan, supports the strengthening of bilateral trade relations with Taiwan, and supports Taiwan's meaningful participation in and contribution to international organizations.

passed · Delaware · House Jun 27, 2019

HR 16: RECOGNIZES JUNE 2019 AS “POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURY MONTH” AND JUNE 27, 2019, AS “POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURY DAY”.

This House Resolution recognizes June 2019 as “Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month” and June 27, 2019, as “Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Day”, and encourages State agencies to continue their work educating victims of assault or abuse, combat, serious accidents, and natural disasters about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of PTSI.

passed · Delaware · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SR 10: DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO FURTHER PROVIDE MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT TO AN EXPANDED POPULATION OF JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS.

This resolution directs the Department of Corrections to provide all forms of FDA-approved medication for Medication Assisted Treatment for opioid use disorder.

passed both · Delaware · Senate Jun 27, 2019

SCR 58: HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE 6888TH CENTRAL POSTAL DIRECTORY BATTALION OF THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS.

This Resolution honors the contributions of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women's Army Corps.

passed · Delaware · House Jun 27, 2019

HR 17: CELEBRATING THE LANDMARK 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENACTMENT OF THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT AND SUPPORTING TAIWAN’S SIGNING OF A BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES.

This resolution celebrates the landmark 40th anniversary of the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act, supports Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, reaffirms support for Taiwan’s meaningful participation and contribution in international organizations, and reaffirms support for strengthening and expanding sister-state ties between the State of Delaware and Taiwan.

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