| HB 43 w/ HA 1 + SA 1 | Signed | J. Johnson | This bill clarifies that a Department of Correction's employee who has served for 25 years with at least 20 years as a correction officer is eligible to retire at 25 years. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PENSIONS. |
| HJR 4 | Signed | Miro | This resolution requires a Delaware Certificate of Multi-literacy be established. The criteria for such certificate is to be developed by the Department of Education no later than August 30, 2017. | ESTABLISHING DELAWARE CERTIFICATES OF MULTI-LITERACY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTAINED HIGH LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY IN ONE OR MORE WORLD LANGUAGES IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH. |
| SB 41 w/ SA 1 | Signed | Hansen | In an effort to reduce overdose deaths relating to the growing epidemic of opioid addiction, this Act requires carriers to provide coverage for medically necessary inpatient treatment of alcohol and drug dependencies and prohibits carriers from imposing precertification, prior authorization, pre-admission screening, or referral requirements for the diagnosis and treatment, including in-patient treatment, of drug and alcohol dependencies. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COVERAGE FOR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY. |
| HB 120 w/ HA 1 | Signed | Longhurst |
This Act requires health insurance policies to cover any medically appropriate drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of stage 4 metastatic cancer without requiring a patient to first prove that the patient failed to respond to a different drug or drugs. This Act is based on a similar bill in Georgia that was inspired by President Jimmy Carter’s recent battle with cancer. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INSURANCE COVERAGE OF CERTAIN CANCER TREATMENTS. |
| HB 125 | Committee | Smyk | This act will be known as the Extreme Crimes Protection Act.
This Act revises Delaware's death penalty statute to ensure its compliance with the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the United State Supreme Court in Hurst v. Florida, and by the Delaware Supreme Court in Rauf v. State. In accord with those cases, this Act will require that before a death sentence can be imposed, a jury (unless the Defendant waives their right to one) must first determine unanimously and beyond a reasonable doubt:
that at least 1 statutory aggravating circumstance exists;
which (if any) statutory and non-statutory aggravating circumstances alleged by the State exist; and
whether all of the aggravating circumstances found to exist outweigh all of the mitigating circumstances found to exist.
This Act also revises Delaware's death penalty statute to comply with the United State Supreme Court's holding in Hall v. Florida, interpreting standards set forth in Atkins v. Virginia. This Act adopts the term "intellectual disability" used by the United State Supreme Court. | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EXTREME CRIMES PROTECTION ACT. |
| SCR 23 | Passed | Lopez | This Resolution proclaims May 2017, Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Delaware. | PROCLAIMING MAY 2017, CYSTIC FIBROSIS AWARENESS MONTH IN DELAWARE. |
| HA 1 to HB 120 | Passed | Longhurst | This Amendment adds the treatment of cancers other than stage 4 advanced, metastatic cancers and requires that the use of the drug is supported by national clinical guidelines, national standards of care, and peer reviewed medical literature for the treatment of the cancer or targeted therapy.
This Amendment also prohibits the use of this Act as a basis for limiting or excluding coverage for a drug approved by the FDA for treatment of a medical condition not covered under this Act. | |
