The Senate Executive Committee heard three gubernatorial nominees for Justice of the Peace in Kent County and reviewed two bills — SB 224, a technical fix to the compassionate release framework, and SB 213, a settlement-driven rewrite of Delaware's controversial hospital budget review law — without recording votes on any substantive items.
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Senator Mansavinas argued he was 'struggling to see how a retroactive look is going to lead, is going to reconcile it's going to fit with a health insurance rate process for folks,' citing a January 9 News Journal article about Delaware topping the list for steepest US increases in health insurance costs. Andy Lipstone acknowledged 'Senator, you're absolutely correct that it is a change in outlook' but argued the shift to backward-looking review produces actual data rather than budget projections and was partly driven by court concerns about prospective budget approval.
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“But Chair, we have the Chief Magistrate. Always a pleasure. Welcome. Always a pleasure. Thank you for all of your service. Perfect. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first one up is Senate Bill Number 224, which is identical in content, just slightly different title to Senate Bill 221, which had previously been filed and noticed on the agenda for today. This relates to the compassionate release framework that we passed last year. I think Senate Bill 10. I think it was in the synopsis. Yep. Senate Bill 10. I don't know if I've seen This in my service in the Senate. But basically that Senate bill had said that the department, which here relates to the Department”
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Sign in to subscribeGood afternoon. The Senate Executive Committee meeting is called to order. As chair of the Senate Executive Committee and in accordance with Senate rules, this committee is authorized to meet in a hybrid format. Committee members and members of the public can participate either in person or virtually through zoom webinar. Should any member experience technical difficulties, please call or text 302-545-0158. The meeting may public may participate virtually by registering via the meeting link that is posted on the General Assembly's website. Instructions are there. Members of the public here in person should sign the document up in the front row. Let's begin today's meeting by taking a roll call. Attendance of committee members present, if any are participating virtually and I don't think that's the case. Case. Make sure that cameras are on full time. Senator Brian Townsend. Here. Senator Gerald Hocker, Senator Elizabeth Lockman, Senator Russell Huxtable, Senator Brian Pettyjohn, Senator Marie Pinckney and myself, Dave Skoll, Chair. We are all here. With sufficient number of members present, the committee will move to the agenda. The first item on the posted agenda is approval of the minutes of the of November 19, 2025 committee meeting. The draft…
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