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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16, 24, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES."
+description: "This Act expands the qualifications for the Director of the Division of Public health to include non-physician professionals. It also allows for the Director to appoint a physician or advanced practice registered nurse in certain instances where that level of medical expertise is required to fulfill duties assigned to the Director."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 243"
+citation: "Delaware HB 243 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Melissa Minor-Brown"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-06-21"
+last_action: "2023-07-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89021edd-e3f9-437f-acc4-0fa8dad14511"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140680"
+source_hash: "0f6bae5abd84064f3796f225f7f9fd667362f2af6e7262d4e20f6206fb1b17e0"
+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 243 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16, 24, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
+
+This Act expands the qualifications for the Director of the Division of Public health to include non-physician professionals. It also allows for the Director to appoint a physician or advanced practice registered nurse in certain instances where that level of medical expertise is required to fulfill duties assigned to the Director.
+
+## 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=140680&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB243)
+2. **HA 1 to HB 243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140765&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **24–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-21** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 17 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-06-29** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2023-07-17** 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/89021edd-e3f9-437f-acc4-0fa8dad14511`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+