Sean Lynn
- Democratic
- Representative
- District 31
Primary
This bill enables a key component of the Take Care Delaware program, a partnership between law enforcement and schools to adopt a trauma-informed approach to children who have been identified at the scene of a traumatic event. The Take Care Delaware program, which will start as a pilot, operates by a police officer or emergency-care provider alerting a child’s school about the child’s presence at a traumatic event that the police officer or emergency-care provider responded to. In order to avoid violations of the State Bureau of Investigation’s dissemination statute and the Victim’s Bill of Rights in Title 11, this bill creates a narrow exception to both statutes that allows police officers and emergency-care providers to send the child’s name to their school district or charter school so that the child’s teachers can ensure the child is handled in a trauma-informed way. The Take Care Delaware program is based on the national “Handle With Care” model and includes training and other best practices for law enforcement and schools to prevent and mitigate the negative impact of childhood exposure to trauma.
Signed by Governor
Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
Amendment HA 1 to HB 74 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
Amendment HA 1 to HB 74 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
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