Delaware House Bill 319 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-7)
Status: Introduced on April 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-06-28 - Amendment HA 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This non-punitive, public health-oriented bill seeks to codify certain sections of the federal law known as the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (“CAPTA”) that requires States to have policies and procedures in place to address the needs of infants born with and identified as being affected by illegal substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure, or a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, including a requirement that healthcare providers involved in the delivery or care of such infants notify the child protective services system. Furthermore, CAPTA requires the development of a “plan of safe care” for these infants. This bill clarifies and formalizes a uniform, collaborative response protocol in accordance with CAPTA that will require Delaware’s child protection system partners to work together to ensure the safety of substance exposed infants and to provide support and services to the mothers and families of substance exposed infants. Section 2 of the bill makes a conforming change to Section 929 of Title 16 to reflect updated cross-references.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Substance Exposed Infants.

Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]
Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]
Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]
Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Robert Marshall [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]
Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-28	House	Amendment HA 3 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-06-23	House	Reported Out of Committee (APPROPRIATIONS) in House with 6 On Its Merits
2016-06-23	House	Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-06-16	House	Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2016-04-20	House	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2016-04-14	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-04-13	House	Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/a7916a608ebae3d085257f9200472be5?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+319/$file/legis.html?open