The Big Story: Senate Executive Committee To Consider Hospital Cost Bill Today. Hearing starts at 4 pm. Here’s how you can listen and/or participate. I wonder if the Senate will run this bill on an agenda this week. I wonder whether Carney will sign it. He almost has to, if, for no other reason, to provide cover for BHL. Look for her at the bill signing.
While today’s Senate Agenda is not particularly noteworthy, I still have a question regarding regarding SB 264: It sure looks like this bill makes what has been a temporary utilities fee permanent. If so, why?
Couple of health insurance mandate bills highlight today’s House Agenda. HS1/HB 302 (Bolden) ‘requires all group, blanket, and individual health insurance policies to cover prostate screening for men at risk of prostate cancer.’ HB 274 (K. Williams) ‘requires that all health insurance plans subject to requirements under Delaware law, including Medicaid, provide coverage, at no cost when prescribed to infants, of at least 1 early peanut allergen introduction dietary supplement and at least 1 early egg allergen introduction dietary supplement.’
A relatively light committee schedule today. But there is a heavyweight Senate bill in the House Labor Committee. SB 233 (Walsh) ‘establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership’. The bill passed on a straight party line vote in the Senate. Look for a similar result in the House.
SB 194 (S. McBride) is being considered in the House Sunset Committee. The bill ‘allows pharmacists, under protocol approved by the Division of Public Health, to provide HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis treatments.’ Five Rethug senators voted against it. Why do they hate people with AIDS?
The only scheduled Senate Committee is the aforementioned hearing on HS2/HB 350.
Hey, I can only work with whatever raw materials the Honorables provide us. I guarantee that they’ve already provided more raw materials for tomorrow.