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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18 AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESERVING TELEHEALTH AND ADOPTING THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT. This Act, known as the Telehealth Access Preservation and Modernization Act of 2021, continues and enhances Delawareans access to telehealth and telemedicine services and, through the adoption of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, ensures that telehealth services can be provided through qualified medical practitioners in a streamlined and efficient pathway to licensure that meets the health care delivery system needs of the 21st century. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 160 Delaware HB 160 (151)
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Darius J. Brown
David Bentz
Debra Heffernan
Ruth Briggs King
Sarah McBride
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Delaware HB 160 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18 AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESERVING TELEHEALTH AND ADOPTING THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT.

This Act, known as the Telehealth Access Preservation and Modernization Act of 2021, continues and enhances Delawareans access to telehealth and telemedicine services and, through the adoption of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, ensures that telehealth services can be provided through qualified medical practitioners in a streamlined and efficient pathway to licensure that meets the health care delivery system needs of the 21st century.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
  2. HA 1 to HB 160 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 410 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 200 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
  • David Bentz — primary (person)
  • Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
  • Sarah McBride — primary (person)
  • Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
  • Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
  • David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
  • Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
  • Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
  • John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
  • Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
  • William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-04-15 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-04-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-23 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-04-26 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-04-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 160 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2021-04-29 Amendment HA 1 to HB 160 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
  • 2021-04-29 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-05-13 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-20 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2021-06-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25c6f71c-7128-40eb-bd8d-f8a0eaf161e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).