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An Act to Amend Title 20 of the Delaware Code Relating to Emergency Planning.

It became law on Aug 25, 2025.

DE HB 158 · House Bill · 153

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Latest action
Aug 25, 2025

What it does

The Public Health Emergency Planning Commission was established in 2002 and directed to deliver to the Governor a plan for responding to a public health emergency that addressed at least 21 specific provisions. Since then, that single plan has evolved into an overarching Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Plan, which is a strategic plan that provides a broad context for the execution of public health emergency response and recovery. There are over 70 additional “plans” or annexes that provide additional procedural guidance that have been developed by DHSS in partnership with other state agencies and external stakeholders such as hospitals. \r The Public Health Emergency…

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Aug 25, 2025

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY PLANNING. | 52