republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-104.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.	The state is currently funding service providers at 75% of the market rate established in a 2014 study that was done by DHSS. This bill would mandate an increase in the rates paid to service providers according to the recommendations of the market study, so that by fiscal year 2021 the state would fund service providers at 100% of the benchmarked rate. These rate increases are necessary to increase the hourly wages of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), to improve recruitment and retention of these positions, to decrease staff turnover, and to decrease position vacancies. Along with the corresponding costs for program oversight, direct supervision of DSPs, and training, stabilizing the DSP workforce with increased pay is essential to keep people with I/DD safe and integrated to the maximum extent possible in their local communities. The bill also requires that the adequacy of the rate system be evaluated against performance measures that are commonly used to assess program quality.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 104	Delaware HB 104 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Melanie George Smith	1	9	2	2018-05-10	2018-09-04	openstates	ocd-bill/e20be094-a52d-4fc2-a321-bad102073040	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26684	0735c7553334b192d812e981072099a5f269439ba775a428c7c981b6002c34f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 104 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

The state is currently funding service providers at 75% of the market rate established in a 2014 study that was done by DHSS. This bill would mandate an increase in the rates paid to service providers according to the recommendations of the market study, so that by fiscal year 2021 the state would fund service providers at 100% of the benchmarked rate. These rate increases are necessary to increase the hourly wages of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), to improve recruitment and retention of these positions, to decrease staff turnover, and to decrease position vacancies. Along with the corresponding costs for program oversight, direct supervision of DSPs, and training, stabilizing the DSP workforce with increased pay is essential to keep people with I/DD safe and integrated to the maximum extent possible in their local communities. The bill also requires that the adequacy of the rate system be evaluated against performance measures that are commonly used to assess program quality.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-05-10 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 104, and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-12 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-14 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2018-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-09-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e20be094-a52d-4fc2-a321-bad102073040. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).