Delaware General Assembly

Signed 8/6/20

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

6/16/20

Poore

Rep. Seigfried

Sen. Ennis, Hansen, Lockman, McBride, Sokola
Reps. Baumbach, Bolden, Carson, Cooke, Longhurst, Minor-Brown, Michael Smith, Viola

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OBLIGATIONS OF HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS FOR NON-ACUTE PATIENTS.

Presently, a legal process does not exist for a Delaware hospital to seek the appointment of a guardian for a non-acute patient who has been a patient at the hospital for an extended period, after having been abandoned by family. This bill authorizes a hospital to petition for a court-appointed guardian for such a patient after providing two notices to the patient, the patient's surrogate, or the patient's family if there is no surrogate, of the need to seek a guardian for the patient.

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8/6/20

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