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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TELEMEDICINE."
+description: "This Act clarifies that after a physician-patient relationship has been properly established in accordance with this section, subsequent communications and treatment may be conducted as the doctor and patient deem appropriate. As with all practice of medicine, such subsequent interactions must still meet the standard of care for the given field of medicine."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 201"
+citation: "Delaware HB 201 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryon H. Short", "Harris B. McDowell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-06-01"
+last_action: "2017-07-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef80673f-71ad-4672-a2bd-eb5adccc91f8"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25860"
+source_hash: "e9cd6e5c75ad5277897fe2f76317d4f0f927ae3e34f3f2750aa367aa4e8ebefa"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 201 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TELEMEDICINE.
+
+This Act clarifies that after a physician-patient relationship has been properly established in accordance with this section, subsequent communications and treatment may be conducted as the doctor and patient deem appropriate. As with all practice of medicine, such subsequent interactions must still meet the standard of care for the given field of medicine.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25860&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB201)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryon H. Short — primary (person)
+- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
+- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
+- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
+- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2017-06-23** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-07-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef80673f-71ad-4672-a2bd-eb5adccc91f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+