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Dover & D.C.

Learn here, and engage in, what’s happening on the policy front. Eye the bills CDS is tracking in the Legislature and in Congress.

  
  
      
  

Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware

Dover

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  • Jamie Wolfe Employment Act • H.B. 122

    Would end subminimum wage for employees with disabilities in Delaware.

  • Committee to Reorganize Health Department • S.C.R. 65

    Creates a committee to suggest how to split the Department of Health and Social Services into two agencies

  • No Insurance Discrimination Based on Genetics • S.B. 144

    Would significantly limit use of genetic testing data in purchasing non-health insurance

  • Expanded Access to Medical Marijuana • S.S. 1 for S.B. 24 w/ S.A. 1 & S.B. 59

    Would expand medical marijuana prescribing and qualifying limitations

  • Medicaid Dental Coverage for Adults • S.S. 1 for S.B. 92

    Enables adults receiving Medicaid assistance to access affordable dental care

View all Dover legislation

US Capitol Building, Washington, DC

Washington, D.C.

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  • Training Centers on Complex Communication Supports • S. 1836

    Would fund national resource centers for alternative and augmentative communication

  • Autism CARES Act • H.R. 1058

    Would fund developmental disabilities research and training across the lifespan

  • Disability Employment Incentive Act • S. 255

    Would offer tax benefits for disability hiring

  • Changing minimum and subminimum wage • H.R. 582 & S. 150; H.R. 873 & S. 260

    Would stop employers from paying employees with disabilities a subminimum wage

  • Disability Integration Act • H.R. 555 & S. 117

    Would make receiving home- and community-based care a civil right for people with disabilities

View all D.C. legislation

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Newark, DE 19716

Phone: 302-831-6974

TDD: 302-831-4689

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