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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OBLIGATIONS OF HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS FOR NON-ACUTE PATIENTS."
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description: "Presently, a legal process does not exist for a Delaware hospital to seek the appointment of a guardian for a non-acute patient who has been a patient at the hospital for an extended period, after having been abandoned by family. This bill authorizes a hospital to petition for a court-appointed guardian for such a patient after providing two notices to the patient, the patient's surrogate, or the patient's family if there is no surrogate, of the need to seek a guardian for the patient."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "SB 246"
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citation: "Delaware SB 246 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Raymond Seigfried"]
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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: "2020-06-16"
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last_action: "2020-08-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba554b9f-ef9d-4f49-8271-1bbb05bb627b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48141"
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source_hash: "4a623e3dbaf210f735a7b48b6a7dab4057d0afd35a414d7d50d67b67d68e1947"
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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 SB 246 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OBLIGATIONS OF HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS FOR NON-ACUTE PATIENTS.
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Presently, a legal process does not exist for a Delaware hospital to seek the appointment of a guardian for a non-acute patient who has been a patient at the hospital for an extended period, after having been abandoned by family. This bill authorizes a hospital to petition for a court-appointed guardian for such a patient after providing two notices to the patient, the patient's surrogate, or the patient's family if there is no surrogate, of the need to seek a guardian for the patient.
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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=48141&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB246)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Raymond Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-06-16** Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-06-23** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2020-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2020-06-23** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-25** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2020-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2020-08-06** 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/ba554b9f-ef9d-4f49-8271-1bbb05bb627b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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