Delaware Senate Bill 300 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-5)
Status: Passed on July 29 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-07-29 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act updates the mandatory reporting requirements for Delaware physicians with anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. These changes are necessary to ensure that physicians are able to seek treatment without undue stigma or fear of loss of medical licensure. The recommended changes to the statutory reporting requirements are aligned with national best practices recommendations of leading experts including the Joint Commission on Healthcare Accreditation and the Federation of State Medical Boards.

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Medical Practice.

Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Sen. Colin Bonini [R]
Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]
Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2022-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-09 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-07-29		Signed by Governor
2022-06-30		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2022-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2022-06-10		Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2022-06-09		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2022-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2022-06-02		Re-Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2022-05-19		Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109563
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109563&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB300
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53374
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53889