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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 2, TITLE 11, TITLE 16, TITLE 18, TITLE 19, TITLE 24, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES."
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description: "House Bill No. 195 updates the terms and definitions used in Chapter 11 of Title 16 regarding long term care. This Act updates the terminology used to identify long term care facilities so that it is consistent throughout the Code. Specific updates are as follows:"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 196"
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citation: "Delaware HB 196 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-21"
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last_action: "2018-02-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34a565cb-cc5e-4e07-a1ec-76a4373eedfe"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26031"
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source_hash: "ec2eec64dfd77ee7d629fc43405e221136844b9adaec51997500071a38567a49"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 196 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 2, TITLE 11, TITLE 16, TITLE 18, TITLE 19, TITLE 24, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES.
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House Bill No. 195 updates the terms and definitions used in Chapter 11 of Title 16 regarding long term care. This Act updates the terminology used to identify long term care facilities so that it is consistent throughout the Code. Specific updates are as follows:
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26031&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB196)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-21** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-07-12** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-02-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34a565cb-cc5e-4e07-a1ec-76a4373eedfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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