12:17 → 13:02(45s)
Chair Pinkney called the Senate Health and Social Services Committee to order, announced attendance and confirmed a quorum. She said there were no meeting minutes to approve and signaled the committee would proceed to agenda items.
The Delaware Senate Health and Social Services Committee heard multiple bills including HB 17 (certificate-of-need changes), SB 252 (would require providers to offer patients the opportunity to view ultrasound images and hear fetal heart tones before abortion), and a substitute for SB 251 (a pain-capable/unborn-child protection proposal). The committee took testimony from health systems, legal and medical experts, and dozens of public commenters but did not vote on the measures during this session.
