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Bill DIRECTING CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE BOARDS TO REVIEW AND REVISE APPLICATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND DIRECTING THE LICENSURE BOARDS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PROVIDE REPORTS. This resolution directs health care professional licensure boards to review their existing professional licensure application language to revise or remove all intrusive and stigmatizing language around mental health care and treatment and replace it with language that meets the threshold requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-336. 26 July 1990), by focusing on present functional impairment and the ability to perform the essential requirements of the applicants profession with or without a reasonable accommodation. This resolution builds on the progress that the State of Delaware made in removing structural barriers to clinicians seeking mental health and wellbeing treatment through the enactment of Senate Bill 300 in 2022. The resolution also directs each licensure board and the Division of Professional Regulation to submit a report to the General Assembly by February 28, 2025 regarding the boards' review of their applications and certifying that the applications comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 152 SJR 6 Delaware SJR 6 (152)
joint resolution
enacted
Eric Morrison
Franklin D. Cooke
John "Jack" Walsh
Kerri Evelyn Harris
Marie Pinkney
Nicole Poore
Paul S. Baumbach
Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Russell Huxtable
Sarah McBride
Sean Matthews
Stell Parker Selby
Valerie Longhurst
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Delaware SJR 6 (152) — DIRECTING CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE BOARDS TO REVIEW AND REVISE APPLICATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND DIRECTING THE LICENSURE BOARDS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PROVIDE REPORTS.

This resolution directs health care professional licensure boards to review their existing professional licensure application language to revise or remove all intrusive and stigmatizing language around mental health care and treatment and replace it with language that meets the threshold requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-336. 26 July 1990), by focusing on present functional impairment and the ability to perform the essential requirements of the applicants profession with or without a reasonable accommodation. This resolution builds on the progress that the State of Delaware made in removing structural barriers to clinicians seeking mental health and wellbeing treatment through the enactment of Senate Bill 300 in 2022. The resolution also directs each licensure board and the Division of Professional Regulation to submit a report to the General Assembly by February 28, 2025 regarding the boards' review of their applications and certifying that the applications comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
  2. HA 1 to SJR 6 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 410 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 190 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Eric Morrison — primary (person)
  • Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
  • Kerri Evelyn Harris — 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)
  • Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-03-07 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-03-27 Re-Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-05-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2024-05-23 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2024-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to SJR 6 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2024-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to SJR 6 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2024-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
  • 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2024-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/812e5ee5-0933-47f0-aeb6-f25bfa36f552. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).