This resolution recognizes long-term care workers and facilities in Delaware and designates May 9 through 15, 2021 as Skilled Nursing Care Week in Delaware.
This Resolution recognizes April 2021 as "Child Abuse Prevention Month" in the State of Delaware.
This resolution honors Corporal Keith Andrew Heacook and offers condolences to his family, colleagues, and community.
This Act creates a $500 tax credit applicable to individual personal income taxes for certain lower income, working poor, individuals. In the case of spouses filing a joint return, the tax credit is $1,000. If spouses file their Delaware taxes separately, each spouse with the required income will be entitled to a $500 tax credit. Additionally, for certain qualifying lower income, working poor, individuals the current personal tax credit allowed under § 1110 of Title 30 of the Delaware Code of $110 is being increased to $500. This personal credit is refundable.
This Act is the result of the 2019 report of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's task force under Senate Resolution No. 9 of the 150th General Assembly. which recommended requiring long-term care facilities to enroll in and provide summaries of care to the Delaware Health Information Network ("DHIN"). To improve quality and coordination of care across the State, this Act requires long-term care facilities to enroll in DHIN and provide summaries of care to DHIN. Under this Act, long-term care facilities that provide services in Delaware as of the date this Act is enacted must enroll in DHIN under § 1119D(a) of Title 16 no later than 30 days after the date of enactment, and must enter into an agreement with DHIN under § 1119D(b) of Title 16 no later than 90 days after the date of enactment. Long-term care facilities that begin providing services in Delaware after the date this Act is enacted must enroll in DHIN under § 1119D(a) of Title 16 no later than 30 days after beginning to provide the services, and must enter into an agreement with DHIN under § 1119D(b) of Title 16 no later than 90 days after beginning to provide the services.
This Act is a result of the 2019 report of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s task force under Senate Resolution No. 9 of the 150th General Assembly, which recommended requiring dental insurers to report to the Delaware Health Care Claims Database (“Database”). When the Database was created in 2016, providers of dental insurance were exempted from the mandatory reporting requirements. Dental care, however, remains an important indicator of overall health, and claims information related to dental care will help the Database continue to provide value to the State and researchers to help advance the Triple Aim Plus One, the State's goal of better health, improved health care quality and patient experience, lower growth in per capita health care costs, and an enhanced provider experience. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This act designates rescue dogs as the official state dog.
This Act is the result of the 2019 report of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s task force under Senate Resolution No. 9 of the 150th General Assembly. This Act addresses a gap in care coordination efforts for individuals in the custody of the Department of Correction (“Department”), by ensuring that appropriate health data regarding the care provided to those individuals and the cost of the care is provided to the Delaware Health Information Network ("DHIN") for inclusion in DHIN's clinical health data repository and the Delaware Health Care Claims Database, respectively. The data will be accessed or used only consistent with DHIN's governing statute, Chapter 103 of Title 16. Under this Act, the Department or a third-party entity that provides medical care to an individual in the Department’s custody or care as of the date this Act is enacted must enroll in DHIN under § 8916(1) of Title 29 no later than 30 days after the date of enactment, and must enter into an agreement with DHIN under § 8916(2) of Title 29 no later than 90 days after the date of enactment. A third-party entity that begins providing medical care to an individual in the Department’s custody or care after the date this Act is enacted must enroll in DHIN under § 8916(1) of Title 29 no later than 30 days after beginning to provide the medical care, and must enter into an agreement with DHIN under § 8916(2) of Title 29 no later than 90 days after beginning to provide the medical care. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes September 2021 as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" in the State of Delaware
This Act requires the Controller General to cause to be prepared an economic impact analysis on legislation that increases the state’s minimum wage to determine the economic impact in this State of increasing the minimum wage.
