Delaware House Bill 279 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Passed on October 21 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-10-21 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This Act establishes certification and continuing education requirements for central service technicians working in hospitals and freestanding surgical centers. Central service technicians are an important part of the healthcare team responsible for decontaminating, inspecting, assembling, disassembling, packaging, and sterilizing reusable surgical instruments and equipment. This Act requires individuals who perform the tasks of a central service technician to pass a nationally accredited examination and to hold either a certified registered central service technician credential or certified sterile processing and distribution technician credential within 18 months of hire. This Act grandfathers anyone working as a central service technician in a health care facility on or before January 1, 2023.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Certification Of Central Service Technicians.

Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Sen. David Lawson [R]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]
Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]

2022-06-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-04-05 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-10-21		Signed by Governor
2022-06-28		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2022-05-11		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable
2022-04-05		Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2022-04-05		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2022-04-05		Amendment HA 1 to HB 279 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-04-04		Amendment HA 1 to HB 279 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-03-23		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2022-01-06		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=24913&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#52979
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53717