Rep. Melanie Ross Levin

Maddy summaryThis bill designates May 2026 as "Community Action Month" throughout the State of Delaware. It serves as a symbolic proclamation to encourage civic engagement and community involvement during that specific month. The measure does not alter laws, allocate funds, or create new regulations, but rather establishes an official theme for public awareness.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates May 2026 as "Foster Care Month" throughout the State of Delaware. It serves as a symbolic recognition rather than a law that changes funding, mandates specific programs, or alters existing regulations. The measure directly affects the state government by establishing an official theme for the month, though it does not impose new obligations on foster care agencies or families.

Maddy summaryThis Senate Concurrent Resolution designates May 2026 as "Healthy Vision Month" throughout the State of Delaware. The bill does not create new laws or alter existing regulations but serves as a formal acknowledgment to encourage public awareness of eye health during that period. By passing both the Senate and the House, the measure establishes an official state designation for the month without imposing any mandatory actions on individuals or businesses.

Like Senate Bill No. 5, this Act is the first leg of an amendment to the Delaware Constitution to ensure that every Delawarean is afforded reproductive freedom. This Act differs from Senate Bill No. 5 by making the following clarifications: (1) That an individual has a fundamental right to reproductive freedom relating to that individual’s pregnancy. (2) That the standard of medical judgment is a “good-faith medical judgment” rather than a “professional judgment”. (3) That the health care professional making the good-faith medical judgment is the “treating attending health care professional” rather than the “attending health care professional”. Amending the Delaware Constitution requires not only the passing of the changes in this Act, but also passage of the same changes after the next general election by the next General Assembly. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend the Delaware Constitution.

This Concurrent Resolution recognizes May 5, 2026, as “Alpha Phi Alpha Legislative Day at the Capitol” in Delaware. It honors Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated as an organization that has provided a voice and a strong vision to the struggle of African Americans and people of color in the State of Delaware and around the world.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates April 18, 2026, as "National Line Worker Appreciation Day" within the State of Delaware. The measure directly affects state officials and the public by officially recognizing this specific date for honoring line workers. It does not create new laws, funding, or operational changes, but rather serves as a formal acknowledgment of the profession. The resolution was passed by both the Senate and the House without requiring a formal vote count.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates the week of May 10 through May 16, 2026, as "National Hospital Week" within the State of Delaware. It directly affects state government records and public communications by officially recognizing this specific time period. The key provision is a formal declaration that does not create new laws, regulations, or funding but serves to acknowledge hospitals during this designated week. As a commemorative resolution, it has no operational impact on healthcare services or hospital operations.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates April 29, 2026, as "World Wish Day" throughout the state of Delaware. As a concurrent resolution, it serves primarily to formally recognize this date rather than to create new laws or alter government operations. The measure does not impose any requirements on individuals or organizations and has no direct impact on daily life or policy. Its only effect is to establish an official state designation for the specific day mentioned in the title.

Maddy summaryThis bill designates the week of April 27 to May 2, 2026, as "Auctioneers Week" throughout the State of Delaware. It directly affects auctioneers and the general public by officially acknowledging their profession during this specific time period. The primary mechanism is a formal declaration that establishes these dates for recognition purposes. As a commemorative resolution, the measure does not alter laws, budgets, or government operations.

In Delaware, all individual health insurance policies, all group and blanket health insurance policies, the State employee health insurance plan, and Medicaid are required to cover chiropractic and physical therapy treatment for chronic back pain without annual or lifetime numerical limits on physical therapy or chiropractic care visits. To evaluate the effectiveness of this coverage requirement, the Patient Centered Care Subcommittee of the Addiction Action Committee, under the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, sent a survey to chiropractic therapy and physical therapy providers in Delaware. Although the survey showed that the coverage requirement has improved treatment of chronic pain patients, the survey also showed that the coverage requirement provides supportive chronic pain treatment for only the thoracic region of the spine, which is the middle of the spine from the base of the neck to the bottom of the ribs, and the lumbar region of the spine, which is the lower back. The treatment of chronic pain through chiropractic supportive care, physical therapy, or both, can prevent a patient from requiring opioid pain medications or more expensive treatments, but excluding vital areas of the spine and body from coverage may limit the effectiveness of chiropractic therapy and physical therapy treatment and limits a chronic pain patient’s potential for improvement. This Act encourages treatment of chronic pain patients without opioids by updating the required health insurance coverage to prohibit annual or lifetime numerical visits on physical therapy or chiropractic care visits that are for the purpose of treating the spine and other neuromusculoskeletal structures, including extremities. The updated coverage required under this Act applies to all policies, contracts, or certificates issued, renewed, modified, altered, amended, or reissued after December 31, 2026. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.