DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

GENERAL NOTICE

Review of Agency Regulations

29 Del.C. §10407

House Bill 147, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by Governor Markell in 2015 requires executive branch agencies to review their existing regulations to determine whether they should be amended or rescinded. The law requires agencies to solicit public input to identify regulations adopted four years ago or more for possible modification or elimination. Do you have specific ideas about which regulations that should be modified or eliminated? If so, we want to hear from you.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Health and Social Services will be holding public hearings to receive comment on regulations that were adopted or amended before 2012.

Public Hearings will be held as follows:

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 6:00 pm, at the Chapel, DHSS Herman Holloway Campus, 1901 N. DuPont Highway, New Castle, Delaware 19720.

Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at 6:00 pm, in the DPH Conference Room 100, Adams State Service Center, 546 S. Bedford Street, Georgetown, DE 19947.

Thursday, October 20, 2016, at 6:00 pm, at the DPH Office in the Edgehill Shopping Center, 43 S. DuPont Highway Dover, DE 19901.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the public hearing (eg: sign language) please call the following contact at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing for arrangements: Cindi Powell at (302) 255-9043.

Written comments can be submitted through October 31, 2016 using the form on the DHSS website: http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/.