An Act to Amend Title 16 of the Delaware Code Relating to Long Term Care Facilities
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
- Stage
- Session ended
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- Senate
- Sponsors
- +4
- Latest action
- Jun 3
Where it stands
Introduced (Current step)
Committee (Needs attention)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What it does
Long-term care facilities provide an important function in caring for the most vulnerable populations of the State of Delaware. However, these facilities are not required to have liability insurance to protect residents from harm caused by the facility. The bankruptcy filing of Genesis Health Care, one of the nation’s largest nursing home providers, which has operated facilities in Delaware, shed new light on the problems of long-term care facilities not being required to have liability insurance. Hundreds of claims across the country, including Delaware claims, related to substandard care causing injury or death to individuals face having no legal recourse to hold these facilities…
What moved
Who is involved
- Claire Snyder-HallLead sponsor
- Dave WilsonLead sponsor
- Ed OsienskiLead sponsor
- Eric MorrisonLead sponsor
- Mara GormanLead sponsor
- Nicole PooreLead sponsor
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
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