Governor Carney, DPH, DEMA Announce COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Sites
Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, June 18, 2021
WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney, the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH), and the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) announced the list of community vaccination sites and pop-up testing sites throughout Delaware next week. Vaccination locations listed below include walk-in community vaccination events hosted by community partners including the Wilmington COVID-19 Community Mobilization Group, the […]
State Auditor McGuiness Estimates State Overpaid Its Pharmacy Benefit Manager by $24.5 Million over Three Years
Auditor of Accounts | Former Auditor of Accounts - Kathy McGuiness | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2021
DOVER, Del. – $24.5 million taxpayer dollars. That’s how much Delaware appears to have overpaid its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) for state employees’ prescription drugs over a three-year period, State Auditor Kathy McGuiness said today. “For fiscal years 2018 through 2020, the State of Delaware spent hundreds of millions of dollars on prescription drugs for […]
Governor Carney Signs Black History Education Legislation
Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2021
House Bill 198 ensures Black history education will be taught in K-12 schools WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Thursday signed House Bill 198, legislation that requires each school district and charter school serving K-12 students to provide instruction on Black history as part of all educational programming beginning in the 2022-23 academic year. Watch video and view photos from signing […]
Governor, DHSS Offer Providers Second Round of COVID-19 Support through Health Care Relief Fund
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2021
NEW CASTLE (June 16, 2021) – Governor John Carney and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) on Tuesday announced a second round of funding through the Health Care Relief Fund to support Delaware health care providers through the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. The more than $30 million fund will support providers […]
AG Jennings applauds Senate passage of opioid settlement legislation
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The State Senate unanimously passed legislation Wednesday that would formalize a responsible, independent, and collaborative process to allocate the significant funds the State has received, and will continue to receive, from opioid settlements. Senate Bill 166, sponsored by Sen. Stephanie Hansen and House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf, and supported by Attorney General Kathy Jennings, would establish […]
