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SENATE BILLS
BILL NUMBER
SUMMARY
CURRENT STATUS
SB 162 (Poore)
This bill allows for a public place where allergens are present (i.e. restaurant, sports arena, camps, shopping malls, etc.) to get a prescription for and then have emergency medicine on hand to administer. There must be designated employees who are trained in the storage and administration of such medicines as well as the signs of an allergic emergency. All uses of emergency medication must be reported to the Department of Health and Social Services.
July 15, 2015 – Assigned to Committee
SB 174 w/SA 2 (Hall-
Long)
This legislation creates a Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission, similar to commissions that the state has in place to review child deaths and the deaths of domestic violence victims. The purpose of the Commission is to examine the facts and circumstances of deaths resulting from prescription opioid, fentanyl and heroin overdoses and make recommendations to the state based on those examinations as to how to prevent future overdose deaths.
March 10, 2016 – Passed by House and Senate
SB 181 (Lopez)
This Act allows designated caregivers to possess and administer, and minor qualifying patients to use, medical marijuana oil for minor qualifying patients on school busses and on the grounds of the preschool, primary, or secondary school in which the minor qualifying patient is enrolled.
Jan 21, 2016 – Assigned to Committee
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
BILL NUMBER
SUMMARY
STATUS
SCR 11 (Hall- Long)
This resolution endorses an expansion of naloxone access in Delaware’s schools.
Apr 23, 2015 – Passed by House and Senate
SCR 25 (McDowell)
Designed to direct the Insurance Commissioner of Delaware and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services to work with insurance companies and the medical community in order to issue Survivorship Care Plans to 100% of Delaware’s cancer survivors. Survivorship Care Plans are a key tool in treating cancer as a long-term, chronic disease. They assist those who have been diagnosed with cancer manage their long-term care by making their personal medical histories and treatment plans more transparent and portable.
July 01, 2015 – Assigned to House Health & Human Development Committee
SCR 29 (Hall-Long)
This concurrent resolution establishes the Behavioral and Mental Health Task Force to examine mental health in the State of Delaware and make recommendations for the improvement of services and the mental healthcare system.
July 01, 2015 – Passed by House and Senate
SCR 34 (Hall-Long)
Establishes the Complex Chronic Disease Task Force to examine complex chronic disease management, particularly sickle cell, in Delaware and make recommendations for the improvement of services and access to high quality care.
SCR 36 (Hall-Long)
Recognizes the need to raise awareness and encourage research of type 1 diabetes, in honor of Sadie Davis, who has been selected to represent Delaware at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s 2015 Children’s Congress.
June 30, 2015 – Passed by House and Senate
SCR 48 (Blevins)
This Concurrent Resolution extends the reporting date of the Behavioral and Mental Health Task Force to May 31st, 2016.
March 15, 2016 – Passed by Senate
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