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144th General Assembly
House Bill # 472

Primary Sponsor: McWilliams Additional Sponsor(s):    Rep. Maier & Rep. Schooley & Sen. Blevins & Sen. Sorenson
CoSponsors: { NONE...}
Introduced on : 06/10/2008
Long Title:AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CHILD DEATH, NEAR DEATH, AND STILLBIRTH COMMISSION AND REVIEW OF MATERNAL DEATHS.
Synopsis: This bill creates a procedure by which the Child Death, Near Death, and Stillbirth Commission will perform reviews of maternal deaths occurring in Delaware. The review is to provide meaningful, prompt, system wide recommendations in an effort to prevent future deaths and to improve services to pregnant women. This bill also extends the timeframe from 3 months to 6 months for expedited reviews of all child abuse and neglect deaths and near deaths and provides for compliance with the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act requirements pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 5106 a(b)(2)(A)(x).


Current Status: Signed   On   07/16/2008
Volume Chapter76:373
Fiscal Note:
Not Required
Date Governor acted:07/16/2008
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Committee Reports:
House Committee Report 06/11/08 F=0 M=6 U=0---->Committee Report
Voting Reports:
House vote: () Passed 6/26/08 2:40:42 PM------->Voting Record
Senate vote: () Passed 7/1/08 12:56:24 AM------->Voting Record
Actions History:
Jul 16, 2008 - Signed by Governor
Jul 01, 2008 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 15 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 6 ABSENT 0 VACANT
Jul 01, 2008 - Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
Jun 26, 2008 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
Jun 11, 2008 - Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 6 On Its Merits
Jun 10, 2008 - Introduced in House and assigned to Health & Human Development Committee
Jun 10, 2008 - Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
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