Overview
STATE BUDGET
Delaware operates on an annual budget cycle. The governor submits a proposed budget by February 1 to the state legislature, and a budget is passed by June 30. The fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 the following year.
STATE LEGISLATURE
The Delaware Senate has 21 members elected to four-year terms, and the House of Representatives has 41 representatives with two-year terms. The 61 seat assembly is the second smallest bicameral state legislature, ahead of only Alaska (60 members). The legislature convenes on the second Tuesday of January and sessions are required to adjourn by the last day of June. Legislation carries over from odd to even numbered years.
KEY RESOURCES
- Delaware State Legislature
- Delaware Office of the Attorney General
- Delaware Governor
- Delaware Health Care Claims Database
Delaware Laws
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Del. Code tit. 16, §§ 10301 through 10304: Delaware Health Information Network – Delaware
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statutes create the Delaware Health Information Network and its powers and duties, which includes developing and maintaining a community based health information network to facilitate communication of financial information designed to create efficiencies in health […]
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Del. Code tit. 16, §§ 10311 through 10315: The Delaware Health Care Claims Database – Delaware
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Creates a centralized health care claims database to enable the state to more effectively understand utilization across the continuum of health care in Delaware and achieve the Triple Aim of the State’s ongoing health-care innovation […]
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Del. Code tit. 16, §§ 2001 through 2009: Purpose: Uniform Health Data – Delaware
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Establishes a state organized health information database based on hospital and nursing home billing data for health care purchasers, health care insurers, health care providers and the general public to review. The database includes charge […]
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Del. Code tit. 16, §§ 9301 through 9312: Health Planning and Resources Management – Delaware
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Requires a health care facility must obtain a “Certificate of Public Review” (analogous to a Certificate of Need) prior the acquisition of major medical equipment or the construction or expansion of a facility. In the […]
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Del. Code tit. 16, §§ 9701 through 9711: Emergency Medical Services Systems – Delaware
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Statutes set quality review procedures and standards for emergency care.
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