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, 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 […]
Delaware Forum on Racial History and Juneteenth
Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Watch the Delaware Forum on Racial History and Juneteenth Live on Wed. June 16 at 7pm.
Unfair Business Practices Bill Passes Senate, Ready for Governor’s Signature
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Legislation passed by the State Senate on Tuesday is one step away from ensuring Delawareans are protected from unfair business practices by a statute as protective as the law in nearly every other state. House Bill 91, sponsored by Rep. David Bentz, D-Newark, and Sen. Trey Paradee, D-Dover, amends Delaware’s Consumer Fraud Act to explicitly add unfair practices to the list of prohibited practices. […]
