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SS2FORSB155 • 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NURSING HOME RESIDENTS QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMISSION.
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NURSING HOME RESIDENTS QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMISSION.
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- Last action
- 2025-06-17
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Plain English Breakdown
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NURSING HOME RESIDENTS QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMISSION.
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NURSING HOME RESIDENTS QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMISSION.
What This Bill Does
- AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NURSING HOME RESIDENTS QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMISSION.
- This Act makes several changes to the Delaware Nursing Home Residents Quality Assurance Commission ("Commission"):
- Modernizes the Commission name to the "Delaware Residents’ Protection Commission." The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee, during its review of the Commission from 2020-2022, recommended the Commission change its name to something shorter that is easier to remember.
- Better delineates the Commission's duties.
- Adds provisions to streamline the Commission's operations, including removal of a member who consistently misses meetings and approving Commission action on the affirmative vote of a majority of members present at a meeting.
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Official Summary Text
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NURSING HOME RESIDENTS QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMISSION.
This Act makes several changes to the Delaware Nursing Home Residents Quality Assurance Commission ("Commission"):
- Modernizes the Commission name to the "Delaware Residents’ Protection Commission." The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee, during its review of the Commission from 2020-2022, recommended the Commission change its name to something shorter that is easier to remember.
- Better delineates the Commission's duties.
- Adds provisions to streamline the Commission's operations, including removal of a member who consistently misses meetings and approving Commission action on the affirmative vote of a majority of members present at a meeting.
- Gives the Commission the authority to seek grants to support the Commission's operations.
- Allows for the establishment of subcommittees to more effectively and efficiently meet the needs of the Commission
- Clarifies the Commission’s responsibility to advocate for residents of monito