Posts Tagged ‘Delaware Lawmakers’
Legislation Filed in Delaware Would Require Medicaid to Cover Doulas Services
With the aim of reducing pregnancy-related complications and health disparities, particularly in Black women, lawmakers in Delaware have filed a bill that would require Medicaid to cover doula services provided to expectant parents beginning next year. House Majority Whip Melissa Minor-Brown is sponsoring House Bill 80, which would require that doula services be covered by…
Read MoreDE Lawmakers Return to Dover Tuesday; Multiple Bills Already Filed to Start the Session
Delaware lawmakers return to Dover Tuesday. Newly elected and re-elected members of the House and Senate will be sworn in at 2pm. Multiple bills have already been filed ahead of the start of the session. One bill is a bill sponsored by Representative Ruth Briggs King that would give Delawareans the right to repair equipment…
Read MoreDelaware Lawmakers Seek to End State Ban on Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping
Santa won’t be shipping wine to Delaware for at least one more holiday season. State Representative Mike Smith intends to change this with the introduction of a bill in the new 152nd General Assembly… Rep. Smith said his proposal will deal solely with direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales — shipments sent from wineries to the homes of the buyers. …
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