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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESPONSES TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. | This Act makes updates to how reports of child abuse and neglect are handled by the various members of the multidisciplinary team. The Act codifies the multidisciplinary team and case. The Act adds additional duties to the Investigation Coordinator, law enforcement, the Department of Justice and the Division of Family Services that are current best practices but not required by law. The Act reorganizes the section pertaining to the Division of Family Services to reflect current best practices. The Act allows nurse practitioners to take emergency protective custody. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 181 | Delaware HB 181 (149) |
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Delaware HB 181 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESPONSES TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
This Act makes updates to how reports of child abuse and neglect are handled by the various members of the multidisciplinary team. The Act codifies the multidisciplinary team and case. The Act adds additional duties to the Investigation Coordinator, law enforcement, the Department of Justice and the Division of Family Services that are current best practices but not required by law. The Act reorganizes the section pertaining to the Division of Family Services to reflect current best practices. The Act allows nurse practitioners to take emergency protective custody.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-05-16 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2017-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2017-06-13 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2017-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING
passage - 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ecc04a88-e123-4571-b91c-3c53a48a6553. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).