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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH SCREENINGS. This Act requires every public school and charter school to provide students enrolled in kindergarten with an oral health screening by the last student attendance day of each school year. Notification to the parent or guardian must be done and a copy of the oral health screening results sent home. A referral to a dentist, if required, will be provided by the Bureau of Oral Health and Dental Services. The Division of Public Health (DPH), through the Delaware Smile Check Program, offers school-based oral screenings, at no cost to the school districts, schools, including charter schools, or the students. This Substitute Bill takes out the requirement to advise teachers of the results of the oral health screenings, including Special Education Coordinators and Educational Diagnosticians of students with an IEP. This Substitute Bill also removes any follow-up requirements, by the school, with the students parent or guardian. The Substitute Bill also makes the school requirements, under this Act, contingent on the Delaware Smile Check Program remaining in effect or a comparable program to provide free oral health screenings to all enrolled kindergarten students. This Act takes effect for the 2024-2025 school year. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 152 HB 83 Delaware HB 83 (152)
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David L. Wilson
David P. Sokola
Edward S. Osienski
Eric Morrison
John "Jack" Walsh
Kendra Johnson
Kimberly Williams
Laura V. Sturgeon
Madinah Wilson-Anton
Marie Pinkney
Nicole Poore
Paul S. Baumbach
Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Russell Huxtable
Sarah McBride
Sean Matthews
Sherry Dorsey Walker
Spiros Mantzavinos
Stell Parker Selby
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Delaware HB 83 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ORAL HEALTH SCREENINGS.

This Act requires every public school and charter school to provide students enrolled in kindergarten with an oral health screening by the last student attendance day of each school year. Notification to the parent or guardian must be done and a copy of the oral health screening results sent home. A referral to a dentist, if required, will be provided by the Bureau of Oral Health and Dental Services. The Division of Public Health (DPH), through the Delaware Smile Check Program, offers school-based oral screenings, at no cost to the school districts, schools, including charter schools, or the students. This Substitute Bill takes out the requirement to advise teachers of the results of the oral health screenings, including Special Education Coordinators and Educational Diagnosticians of students with an IEP. This Substitute Bill also removes any follow-up requirements, by the school, with the students parent or guardian. The Substitute Bill also makes the school requirements, under this Act, contingent on the Delaware Smile Check Program remaining in effect or a comparable program to provide free oral health screenings to all enrolled kindergarten students. This Act takes effect for the 2024-2025 school year.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 340 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David L. Wilson — primary (person)
  • David P. Sokola — primary (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
  • Eric Morrison — primary (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
  • Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
  • Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
  • Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
  • Nicole Poore — primary (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
  • Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
  • Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
  • Sarah McBride — primary (person)
  • Sean Matthews — primary (person)
  • Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
  • Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-04-26 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 83, and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-05-03 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 7 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-09 Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 7 ABSENT passage
  • 2023-05-09 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2023-05-17 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 8 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2023-08-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa4a88e7-c733-431c-b9f9-e2b9795783ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).