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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO URGENT CARE FACILITIES. This Act removes from the definition of “free standing emergency departments” those emergency departments that are owned by an existing, licensed hospital in this State that has already been authorized and licensed to provide emergency services. This Act also makes technical changes. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 149 HB 248 Delaware HB 248 (149)
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Delaware HB 248 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO URGENT CARE FACILITIES.

This Act removes from the definition of “free standing emergency departments” those emergency departments that are owned by an existing, licensed hospital in this State that has already been authorized and licensed to provide emergency services. This Act also makes technical changes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 190 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • David Bentz — primary (person)
  • Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
  • Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-06-20 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2017-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2017-06-29 Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-06-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
  • 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5793a6bb-6dcd-496d-b970-419568789932. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).