republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hjr-7.md

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Bill	CONFERRING UPON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES THE NECESSARY POWERS AND AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND PLAN FOR THE MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANNUAL HEALTH CARE BENCHMARK.	Health care spending in Delaware is higher than the national average and has historically outpaced the State’s economic and revenue growth, contributing to the State’s current structural deficit. To combat ever rising costs, this Joint Resolution authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services to undertake the actions necessary to establish a health care benchmark, and designating the State’s 2018 fiscal year as a planning year. The Secretary is directed to consult with stakeholders in developing the benchmark.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HJR 7	Delaware HJR 7 (149)	joint resolution		enacted	David B. McBride John J. Viola Margaret Rose Henry Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Valerie Longhurst	1	5	2	2017-06-30	2017-09-07	openstates	ocd-bill/e8c62748-b589-4326-b170-4b8b414f9d9f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26153	066f68fc62412e6f0b731b1957c1932f5c0376c43d31cea871e8fc604486aa60	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HJR 7 (149) — CONFERRING UPON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES THE NECESSARY POWERS AND AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND PLAN FOR THE MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANNUAL HEALTH CARE BENCHMARK.

Health care spending in Delaware is higher than the national average and has historically outpaced the State’s economic and revenue growth, contributing to the State’s current structural deficit. To combat ever rising costs, this Joint Resolution authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services to undertake the actions necessary to establish a health care benchmark, and designating the State’s 2018 fiscal year as a planning year. The Secretary is directed to consult with stakeholders in developing the benchmark.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 13–3 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David B. McBride — primary (person)
• John J. Viola — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-30 Introduced in House introduction
• 2017-07-01 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2017-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 3 NO 1 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT passage
• 2017-09-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8c62748-b589-4326-b170-4b8b414f9d9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).