An Act Providing for a Strategic Review of the Department of Health and Social Services and Presentation of Recommendations Regarding a Comprehensive Restructuring Thereof to the Joint Finance Committee.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 21
- Latest action
- Jun 20, 2019
What it does
The Department of Health and Human Services (“DHSS”) was established in 1970 by legislative enactment with a broad and crucial mandate: to supervise the health, wellbeing, and life of Delaware citizens. In the decades since, the population of Delaware has increased, and the needs of Delaware citizens have required increasingly complex and costly medical interventions, particularly for those most vulnerable among us, such as the elderly and those suffering from addiction. To serve this broad array of individual needs, DHSS has adapted to provide personalized and individualized services to citizens at a level of direct care. Additionally, the broad language of DHSS’ authorizing statute has…
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Nicole Poore
- Val Longhurst
- Andria L. Bennett
- Anthony Delcollo
- Bruce C. Ennis
- Catherine Cloutier
- David B. McBride
- Earl G. Jaques Jr.
- Harris B. McDowell
- John "Jack" Walsh
- John L. Mitchell
- Kendra Johnson
- Kim Williams
- Laura V. Sturgeon
- Melissa Minor-Brown
- Mike Smith
- Pete Schwartzkopf
- Quinton Johnson
- Sean Lynn
- Stephanie Hansen
- Trey Paradee
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in Delaware.