​Healthcare:

• Senator McBride sponsored her signature piece of healthcare legislation this year that unlocks a new source of federal funding. Senate Bill 13 (S1) will result in an additional $175 million in new funding to protect, enhance, and expand Medicaid for the patients and families who depend on the coverage it provides.

• Senator McBride made increasing access to treatment and prescriptions a priority this session. By passing Senate Bill 116 to enable Delaware to join the interstate Physician Assistants (PA) Licensure Compact, patient access to quality medical care is strengthened as PA licenses become more portable. 

• Senator McBride ensured that patients also receive increased access to needed medications and treatments through Senate Bill 194, which allows pharmacists to provide HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis treatments instead of requiring a physician’s prescription.  

• Senator McBride supported House Bill 54 , which expands insurance coverage of epinephrine autoinjectors to more adults.

• Senator McBride also fought to provide greater support to the 340B Drug Pricing Program. House Bill 383 (S1) prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from limiting or discriminating against program participants, helping them stretch their existing resources and provide medication to more patients in need.

• Senator McBride fought for Senate Bill 9, which created the Delaware State Lead Paint Program, tasked with determining where children whose test results show elevated blood lead levels were most likely exposed, and undertaking State-funded remediation efforts at that location if warranted.

• Senator McBride fought for Senate Bill 28, which supports dentists working to care for underserved populations through a Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) or government-operated dental clinic by permitting those with a community health dental license to continue to renew their license. 

• Senator McBride sponsored House Bill 83 (S1), which requires every public school to provide enrolled kindergarten students with an oral health screening, ensuring that young students start their education with healthy smiles.

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Environment:

• Senator McBride sponsored House Bill 9, which requires all passenger and light duty vehicles owned and operated by the State to be zero-emission vehicles by 2040.

• Senator McBride fought for House Bill 12, which codifies the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program to incentivize the purchase and lease of new and used electric and hybrid vehicles.

• Senator McBride sponsored House Bill 13 (S2), which requires the Director of the Sustainable Energy Utility to administer a program to provide financial assistance to Delawareans for the cost of purchasing and installing electric vehicle supply equipment.

• Senator McBride led the effort onSenate Bill 103 (1), which requires that newly constructed single-family and multi-family residential dwellings include certain vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Criminal Justice:

• Senator McBride supported House Bill 142 (S2), which prohibits the use of the so-called “LGBTQ+ panic defense,” a defense sometimes used to excuse or justify the actions of a defendant from full accountability for a crime by blaming the victim’s gender or sexuality for contributing to the defendant’s mental state. 

• Senator McBride sponsored Senate Bill 67, and clean-up bill Senate Bill 203, updating the crime of official misconduct to ensure that public servants who abuse their positions of power and trust can be held accountable for their actions. 

• Senator McBride sponsored Senate Bill 128, which establishes the crime of “obstruction of justice,” bringing Delaware in line with nearly every other state and prohibiting the intentional impeding of an investigation.