Delaware House Bill 248 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-5)
Status: Passed on April 20 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-20 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill moves the role of Investigation Coordinator in the child welfare system out of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families and into the Office of the Child Advocate. It also ensures that the Investigation Coordinator continues to have electronic access to the DSCYF internal tracking system and DELJIS. The new text emphasizes the confidentiality of all records maintained or prepared by the Investigation Coordinator and mandates that any confidential information received by the Coordinator may not be used by the OCA in the performance of any other duties.

An Act To Amend Titles 16 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Child Protection System.

Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Rep. Harvey Kenton [R]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. William Outten [R]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

2016-04-13 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-20	House	Signed by Governor
2016-04-13	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-03-16	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2016-03-08	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2016-03-08	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-03-08	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed
2016-03-03	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-01-27	House	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2016-01-19	House	Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/4600869f152a99fd85257f38006c06b1?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+248/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+248/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/d2439b0b866ea19685257f940073b42d?OpenDocument