SB 162 DE

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This Act is a result of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services Task Force ("the Task Force"), which was created under Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 62 and extended by House Bill No. 345, both of the 150th General Assembly. This Act fulfills 2 of the Task Force's many recommendations, by requiring that the chair or vice chair of the Advisory Council to the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services be an individual with a developmental disability, and amending the Advisory Council membership to include the following: - 7 representatives of families, service recipients, and self-advocates who currently receive services from the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services. - 5 representatives of a cross section of service providers in the developmental disabilities community who currently operate within the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services system, including residential service providers, day habilitation service providers, employment service providers, clinical service providers, behavioral or mental health service providers. - 5 professional advocates, representing the following organizations: Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council, State Council for Persons with Disabilities, Disabilities Law Program at Delaware Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., The Arc of Delaware, and Center for Disabilities Studies at University of Delaware.

• Stephanie L. Hansen Democratic · primary
• Kendra Johnson Democratic · primary

1. Jun 3, 2021 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate · upper
2. Jun 4, 2021 Amendment SA 1 to SB 162 - Introduced and Placed With Bill · upper
3. Jun 9, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits · upper
4. Jun 9, 2021 Amendment SA 1 to SB 162 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
5. Jun 9, 2021 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
6. Jun 10, 2021 Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House · lower
7. Jun 15, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · lower
8. Jun 18, 2021 Suspension of Rules in House · lower
9. Jun 23, 2021 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
10. Jul 30, 2021 Signed by Governor · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Bill Text · HTML
• Bill Text · PDF
• SA 1 to SB 162 · PDF
• SA 1 to SB 162 · HTML