HB 393 DE

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This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's ("JLOSC") review of Adult Protective Services ("APS"). JLOSC approved recommendations to modify several areas of the APS statute, Chapter 39 of Title 31. Based on the recommendations, this Act does all of the following: - Establishes timelines for when the Department of Health and Social Services ("Department") must begin an investigation after receiving a report concerning an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an adult who is impaired or incapacitated. - Establishes the Department's responsibility to conduct ongoing training programs for relevant staff. - Removes the Adult Protective Services Advisory Council from section 3903, Title 31. This council is absorbed into the existing Council on Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities, through separate legislation. - Modifies the reporting requirement of § 3910(a), Title 31, to specifically establish that health-care professionals have a duty to file a report with the Department when the professional has reasonable cause to believe that an adult who is impaired or incapacitated is in need of protective services; clarifies that privilege does not relieve an individual from the duty to report. - Removes language in § 3904(d)(1) regarding a fee schedule and income criteria process that the Department has not used and does not plan to institute. - Makes many technical changes to modernize and conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

• Sherry Dorsey Walker · primary
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf · primary
• Richard G. Collins Republican · primary
• Kendra Johnson Democratic · primary
• Stell Parker Selby · primary
• Bryan Townsend Democratic · primary
• Russell Huxtable Democratic · primary
• Brian Pettyjohn Republican · primary
• Bryant L. Richardson Republican · primary

1. May 14, 2024 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House · lower
2. May 21, 2024 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits · lower
3. Jun 11, 2024 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT · lower
4. Jun 11, 2024 Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate · upper
5. Jun 18, 2024 Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits · upper
6. Jun 27, 2024 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
7. Nov 1, 2024 Signed by Governor · executive