The Delaware Senate passed Senate Bill 213, a settlement-based overhaul of the hospital budget review framework originally established by House Bill 350, amid widespread reservations about the process that excluded the legislature from negotiations between the Governor's office and Christiana Care. The chamber also confirmed four justices of the peace, passed a resolution honoring Dr. Jerome Lewis and the Legislative Fellows Program, and struck three bills from the agenda.
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Senator Mantzavinos argued that 'defendants that were not part of the legislative process in 2024 partake in settlement negotiations' and that 'we're a party and we're not in this, but this is a legislative solution,' challenging the process by which the Governor's office and Christiana Care reached the settlement underlying SB 213 without legislative involvement.
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“, there haven't been too many settlements I think that I've seen in my 13 going on 14 years now that obviously the education funding settlement was one. But it's not atypical for some of this process to go the way it went or maybe even all the process. But I think the issue would be is this isn't just a technical okay, let's do a settlement, call it a day type of moment. This is after the process that was HP 350 for all its imperfections on all sides. Perhaps there is just a. It's sad to say, but there is a sickness at the heart of Delaware's healthcare system that is not going to be healed internally. No other state has had it heal internally. You”
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Sign in to subscribeDean. Members and guests, please take your seats. Sergeant in arms, please close our back doors. And everyone, please silence your mobile devices at this time. Mr. Secretary. Any communications? Madam President? Communications from the House. Madam Reading Clerk, please read in House communications. The House wishes to inform the Senate that it has passed House bill number 224, House bill number 231 and request the concurrence of the Senate. Further, the House wishes to inform the Senate that it has passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 126 as returning the same to the Senate. Madam President, that concludes the reading of communications from the House. Thank you, Madam Reading Clerk. Mr. Secretary. Madam President. President pro tems pre filed list of appointments. Thank you, Madam President. May so much be considered the reading of the pre file appointments, seeing no Objection so moved. Mr. Secretary. Madam President. President pro temlist to pre file legislation. Madam President, may so much be considered the reading of the pre file legislation. Seeing no objection so moved. Senator. Mr. Secretary. No additional communications at this time, Madam President. Thank you, Senator Townsend. Thank you. Madam President. I move the Senate adjourn until 2:05pm on Tuesday,…
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