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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 18 AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRESERVING TELEHEALTH AND ADOPTING THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 160"
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citation: "Delaware HB 160 (151)"
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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", "Darius J. Brown", "David Bentz", "Debra Heffernan", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-15"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c6f71c-7128-40eb-bd8d-f8a0eaf161e0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58579"
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source_hash: "d106f16cf195d1e9212c46ce450df19f4baf0897a741b7ec5f5ab4d53c459f67"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=58579&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB160)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68630&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-15** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-23** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-04-26** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-04-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 160 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 160 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-04-29** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-06-23** 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/25c6f71c-7128-40eb-bd8d-f8a0eaf161e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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