CALENDAR OF EVENTS/HEARING NOTICES
CALENDAR
July 2020
PUBLIC NOTICE
The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on July 16, 2020 at a location to be determined.
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DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
Office of the Commissioner
PUBLIC NOTICE
903 Prompt Payment of Settled Claims
In the March 1, 2020 edition of the Register of Regulations at 23 DE Reg. 730 and again in the April 1, 2020 edition of the Register of Regulations at 23 DE Reg. 831, the Commissioner of the Delaware Department of Insurance (Commissioner) published a notice of intent to amend Regulation 903 Prompt Payment of Settled Claims to:
The authority for the proposed amendments is 18 Del.C. §§311, 520, 2304(16), and 2312, in accordance with the Delaware Administrative Procedures Act, 29 Del.C. Ch. 101.
The Department solicited written comments from the public for thirty (30) days as mandated by the Administrative Procedures Act at 29 Del.C. §10118(a) and for an additional 30 days at the discretion of the Department. The Department did not hold a public hearing on the proposal.
The Department received comments from nine commenters, which are on file with the Department. Two commenters endorsed the Department’s proposed amendments wholesale. The other seven commenters offered comments that suggested substantive changes that require further public comment.
The Department does not plan to hold a public hearing on the re-proposed amendments to Regulation 903. The amendments as re-proposed may be viewed at the Department of Insurance website at http://insurance.delaware.gov/information/proposedregs/.
Any person may file written comments, suggestions, briefs, and compilations of data or other materials concerning the proposed amendments to the regulation. Any written submission in response to this notice and relevant to the proposed amendments must be received by the Department of Insurance no later than 4:30 p.m. EST, the 31st day, July, 2020. Any such requests should be directed to:
Leslie W. Ledogar, Regulatory Specialist
Delaware Department of Insurance
ATTN: Docket 4233-2019
1351 West North St., Ste. 101
Dover, DE 19904
(302) 674-7379
Email: Leslie.Ledogar@delaware.gov
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Division of Professional Regulation
PUBLIC NOTICE
2600 Examining Board of Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers
Pursuant to 24 Del.C. §2604(a)(1), the Delaware Examining Board of Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers (“Board”) has proposed revisions to its rules and regulations.
Revisions to Section 14.0, pertaining to telehealth, are designed to increase patient access to physical therapy and athletic training services. Subsection 14.2.4.4 has been stricken to permit all evaluations, including initial evaluations, re-evaluations and scheduled discharges, to be performed via telehealth. Subsection 14.2.4.5 has been stricken to permit supervisory visits to be performed via telehealth. Finally, amendments to subsection 1.2 provide that supervising physical therapists may conduct supervision either in person or by telehealth.
A public hearing will be held on July 28, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. in the second floor conference room A of the Cannon Building, 861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware. Anyone wishing to receive a copy of the proposed rules and regulations may obtain a copy from the Delaware Examining Board of Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers, 861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware 19904. Persons wishing to submit written comments may forward these to the Board at the above address or at danielle.cross@delaware.gov.
In accordance with 29 Del.C. §10118(a), the final date to receive written comments will be August 12, 2020 which is 15 days following the public hearing. The Board will deliberate on all of the public comments at its regularly scheduled meeting.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
8002 Rules to Establish an Excavation Damage Prevention Program
TO: ALL EXCAVATORS, OPERATORS OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS
The Delaware Public Service Commission (“Commission”) proposes to issue regulations governing its enforcement of the Underground Utility Damage Prevention and Safety Act, which is codified at 26 Del. C. §§ 801-813.
You can review the proposed regulations in the July 1, 2020 Delaware Register of Regulations. You can also review the Order and the proposed regulations in the Commission’s electronic filing system DelaFile at http://delafile.delaware.gov/ and for docket number input 19-0713. If you wish to obtain written copies of the Order and proposed regulations, please contact the Commission at (302) 736-7500. Copies in excess of the first 20 pages are $0.10 per page. Payment is expected at the time of copying (if you wish the copies to be mailed) or at the time the copies are retrieve (if you wish to retrieve them in person).
Pursuant to 29 Del. C. § 10118(a), written comments on the proposed regulations will be accepted until Monday, August 3, 2020. They can be filed electronically in DelaFile at http://delafile.delaware.gov/ by completing the Public Comment form located under Public Links. Written comments can also be mailed to Samantha Hemphill, Public Service Commission, 861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Suite 100, Dover, DE 19904, or emailed to her at samantha.hemphill@delaware.gov with the subject line “Docket No. 19-0713.”
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