Sen. Russ Huxtable

This Senate Concurrent Resolution seeks to preserve the history of the famed World War II Black aviation units making up the Tuskegee Airmen. It also honors the Airmen as a group and names 13 Delawareans who have been identified thus far as having been members of the component units making up the Tuskegee Airmen.

This Act requires the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (“Division”) to produce a report by March 31, 2025, that documents home care services as measured using the most common billing codes for the home care industry. The Act identifies the specific billing codes which are defined as “qualified home care codes.” The Act creates a duty for the Division to provide an annual report on March 31 of every year to document the use of home care services in the State by tracking the use of qualified home care codes. Additionally, an independent, third-party organization will be identified to create an annual report.

This Act updates House Bill 455 from the 151st General Assembly by providing the same legal protections afforded providers of contraceptive and abortion services to providers of gender-affirming health care. In summary, this Act does the following: (1) Clarifies that medical professionals who provide gender-affirming health care cannot be disciplined for such services even if such services are illegal or considered to be unprofessional conduct or the unauthorized practice of medicine in another state, so long as such services are lawful in this State; (2) Prohibits health care providers from disclosing communications and records concerning gender-affirming health care without the patient’s authorization in any civil action or proceeding, with some exceptions; (3) Protects health care providers from out-of-state civil actions relating to gender-affirming health care treatment that is legal in Delaware, including the issuance of a summons or the enforcement of subpoenas relating to such cases; (4) Creates a cause of action for recouperation of out-of-state judgments relating to gender-affirming services that are lawful in Delaware; and (5) Prohibits insurance companies from taking any adverse action against health care professionals who provide gender-affirming health care services.

This concurrent resolution recognizes March 31st as International Transgender Day of Visibility in the State of Delaware.

This Act clarifies that elected officials may not be prevented from engaging in constituent relations and that candidates for public office or staff or volunteers may not be prevented from engaging in election-related or similar activities in residential communities.

This Resolution recognizes the pertinent work of social workers throughout Delaware and the entire country, encourages the creation and expansion of Social Work programs, and recognizes March 2024 as Social Work Month in the State of Delaware.

This Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes March 2024, as "Kidney Month" in Delaware.

This House Concurrent Resolution recognizes the month of April 2024 as “National Fair Housing Month” in the State of Delaware.

This Concurrent Resolution recognizes The Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation, known as “DEMEC,” and community-owned, not-for-profit electric utilities throughout Delaware for their dedication to serving communities with programs that save energy and money, and with renewable projects that lower emissions to benefit the environment. This Resolution also celebrates DEMEC’s upcoming 45th anniversary and over 100 years of reliable and safe electric service from Delaware’s local public power utilities by proclaiming March 27, 2024, as "DEMEC Day."

This resolution recognizes the week of April 7 - 13, 2024 as Delaware Saves Week.