Delaware House Bill 83

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-3)
Status: Passed on August 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-08-03 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

This Act requires every public school and charter school to provide students enrolled in kindergarten with an oral health screening by the last student attendance day of each school year. Notification to the parent or guardian must be done and a copy of the oral health screening results sent home. A referral to a dentist, if required, will be provided by the Bureau of Oral Health and Dental Services. The Division of Public Health (DPH), through the Delaware Smile Check Program, offers school-based oral screenings, at no cost to the school districts, schools, including charter schools, or the students. This Substitute Bill takes out the requirement to advise teachers of the results of the oral health screenings, including Special Education Coordinators and Educational Diagnosticians of students with an IEP. This Substitute Bill also removes any follow-up requirements, by the school, with the students parent or guardian. The Substitute Bill also makes the school requirements, under this Act, contingent on the Delaware Smile Check Program remaining in effect or a comparable program to provide free oral health screenings to all enrolled kindergarten students. This Act takes effect for the 2024-2025 school year.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Oral Health Screenings.

Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]
Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]
Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]
Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

2023-06-15 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-05-09 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-03		Signed by Governor
2023-06-15		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2023-05-17		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 8 Favorable
2023-05-09		Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
2023-05-09		Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT
2023-05-03		Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2023-04-26		Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 83, and Assigned to Education Committee in House

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